Speaker | Author | Tour Guide | Digital Creator
Step into secret tunnels, underground worlds, and forgotten stories
Hidden Historian Heather Leah brings lost history to life through interactive stories, tours, books, livestreams and more.
She explores everything from ghost towns to lost cemeteries, from secret tunnels through the mountains to underwater cities. She's passionate about uncovering history that isn't in traditional history books, including amplifying voices of marginalized communities and preserving oral history of senior populations.
Heather's award-winning work has been featured at:
Hidden history is all around us
Where Tunnels End
On Mountain Summits
On Mountain Summits
Elaborate brick tunnel dating back more than a century are remnants of Durham tobacco factories.
On Mountain Summits
On Mountain Summits
On Mountain Summits
Explore a formerly abandoned theme park built decades ago high above the mountain tops of North Carolina.
Deep Beneath Lakes
On Mountain Summits
Deep Beneath Lakes
Remains that have been hidden deep beneath Lake Lure for roughly a century are surfacing once again.
Under Your Feet
On Mountain Summits
Deep Beneath Lakes
Raleigh Underground -- The Village Subway an epic era sealed beneath the Village District Mall.
Coming soon! Keep an eye out for my new book: Lost Towns of North Carolina
I've spent the last year traveling across the state to visit many of these historic places firsthand, taking photos and interviewing people who once lived there. Hear their stories!
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