The biggest, tallest, truest tale in NASCAR history happened in 1953 on a half-mile dirt track in Hickory. A monkey named Jocko Flocko beat 26 other drivers to take home the checkered flag.
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Cherokee Basketry explores not only the history of the craft that continues today but how that craft connects modern craftspeople with their ancestors.
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Barile not only documents the love affair with the finesse of a true storyteller, but skillfully constructs a window into war-beleaguered Chapel Hill.
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When I was nine years old, my parents bought the first and only house they’ve ever owned, and we moved from our small rental in downtown Asheboro to the southwestern part of the county. Out here, our house backed up
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Located in the building where four courageous men took a stand, the International Civil Rights Center & Museum opens in Greensboro on February 1.
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Most evenings, Clear Run Grocery sits dark and silent. But once a month, a bluegrass jam kicks up the dust and pulls in pickers and players from the surrounding Sandhills.
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Inside the walls of Kluttz Piano Company in Granite Quarry, old can become new, and forgotten can become remembered, as one family keeps alive a piano restoration business that opened more than 75 years ago.
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Durwood Barbour of Raleigh preserves forgotten places and memories with 8,000 postcards from across the state.
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Botched escapes and two fires highlight the history of the prison-turned-museum.
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With the largest collection of Antebellum homes and buildings in the state and rich traditions like the Rose Buddies reception, the county seat of Pasquotank hums with history and community.
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The Architectural History of Watauga County brims with photographs of interesting and beautiful buildings.
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