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Travel

Your Guide to Brunswick County’s River Towns

Add a little variety to your beach days! Here’s where to explore small downtowns, eat Calabash-style seafood, paddle, and uncover local history along the water.

by Lara Ivanitch
Recipes

11 Our State Recipes You Loved in August

Hatteras fig and whiskey cake, barbecued chicken, and lemon icebox pie were among your favorite recipes in August. Find out what else made the list.

by Our State Staff
Recipes

11 Our State Recipes You Loved in June

Barbecued ribs, Atlantic Beach pie, and shrimp and grits were among your favorite recipes in June. Find out what else made the list.

by Our State Staff
Restaurants

Lightly Breaded & Perfectly Fried: The Legacy of Calabash

In southern Brunswick County, a handful of families turned their town into a household name and their restaurants into destinations. They built a legacy on local seafood.

by Emily Wallace
Restaurants

A Big Apple Deli in Seafood Country

When a New York transplant found herself in Calabash without a job, she did what any well-raised Long Islander would do: She opened a deli.

by Allison Ballard
Photo Essay

Safe Passage on the Intracoastal Waterway

Commercial and recreational vessels cruise a watery highway of natural and dredged channels, with one face toward the land and the other toward the ocean.

by Philip Gerard
Recipes

11 Our State Recipes You Loved in June

Blueberry cheesecake, Atlantic Beach pie, and Calabash shrimp were among your favorite recipes in June. Find out what else made the list.

by Our State Staff
Features

The Cream of Calabash

In a town known for its seafood, a family ice cream business serves up nostalgic standards and creative concoctions that change with the seasons.

by Tim Bass
Eastern

Indigo Farms in Calabash

Sam Bellamy grew up tending to the animals on his family’s farm in Brunswick County, but it’s his passion for nurturing plants — and people — that has flourished.

by Jennifer Brookland
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