Americans aren't retiring like they used to. In Asheville, N.C., the days when retirement meant the end is over; there, it's clear that retirement is just the beginning. Martha Teichner reports.

How are you going to design your retirement? Are you going to hit the golf course, or kick back on the porch, or are you looking for something a little more active?

Like just about everything else they touch, the baby boomers are redefining retirement, whether through choice or necessity. They’re continuing to work, or exploring new activities, or giving back to society. We found retirees trying out a variety of options close by the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina.

Asheville is consistently rated as a top retirement community, with a vibrant artistic and outdoors culture. Correspondent Martha Teichner talked with a former schoolteacher who came out of retirement to work part-time at the Biltmore; a couple who moved into downtown Asheville to explore the arts; another couple who have founded a center to help people with mental illness; and a developer who is promoting "wellness" in his planned communities. She saw classes ranging from meditation to Latin at the University of North Carolina’s Center for Creative Retirement. Taken together, they provide a set of blueprints for a new kind of retirement.

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