That unplanned magic, a mix of humor, humility and pure small-town sincerity, would come to define both Tanya's journey and the enduring appeal of Mayberry Days. And while Andy Griffith himself would ...

Mount Airy has an Andy Griffith Museum and an annual Mayberry Days, which has now expanded into a 10-day affair, running this year from Sept. 19-28.

If you didn't know better, you might think the town of Mayberry really existed; a place where neighbors still wave from the porch, checkers games stretch long into the afternoon and where kindness is ...