A couple turned their passion for agriculture and love of North Carolina into Mike's Farm, a holiday destination for families across the state.
A couple turned their passion for agriculture and love of North Carolina into Mike's Farm, a holiday destination for families across the state.
From a handblown glass ornament that shines like a jewel to a coveted coffee mug perfect for Christmas morning, the best-loved gifts are the ones that can’t be replaced. We collected 10 of our favorite galleries and craft shops across the state for local, handmade treasures that you can’t find anywhere else.
The legendary wrestler once billed as the "Eighth Wonder of the World" made his home on a ranch in the small town of Ellerbe.
Yes, you can add a buttery, crunchy topping to your sweet potato pie. In fact, we recommend it.
This award-winning babka is a buttery, sugary swirl of holiday cheer: chocolate, apricot, cinnamon, and coffee.
These soft, sweet oatmeal bars are a scrumptious holiday treat.
Have a very merry morning with these sweetly spiced scones.
These cookies hold a special place in recipe developer Lynn Wells’s heart: They were her dad’s favorites.
Sure, cornbread is common in many Southern Thanksgiving dressings, but it’s elemental in mountain dressing.
A dish of dressing that’s rich with crumbled cornbread, dirt-candy sweet potatoes, and sage-scented sausage is a blessing anywhere, but the taste is unmistakably eastern North Carolina.
The outcome of this classic combination is never in jeopardy, and the flavor is reassuringly delicious.
Ninety years ago, a bakery in Hendersonville created a delicious Christmas tradition. Today, the line of customers waiting for a box of fresh gingerbread men runs out the door and down the block.
Every December, residents string up thousands of twinkling lights, transforming their Gaston County village into Christmas Town, USA.
When four local businessmen sought to save their town, locals took the challenge to heart, creating a place where innovation thrives.
Hillsborough’s Lantern Walk will change direction this year, but the colorful lights will still shine for the community to enjoy during the longest night of the year.
For more than three decades, the small college town north of Charlotte has been known for its Hallmark-like holiday festival featuring costumed pooches, gingerbread houses, and Christmas trees galore. This year, the town will revise its celebration.
In Charlotte’s NoDa arts district, a Mexico-born store owner brings neighbors of all kinds together through the power of shared faith, art, and community spirit.
Festive ways to celebrate the most wonderful time of the year.
From an evening tour among lavish Christmas decor to a stroll through sunny, stunning gardens, no matter when you visit this historic palace in New Bern, adventure and beauty await.
The Handmade Hanukkah Market may be quiet this year, but the close-knit community of artisans at Temple Beth Or in Raleigh will not let a pandemic keep them down. Families will still be celebrating together, in their homes, remembering markets past — and hand-making goodies for the future.
An injury led a former factory worker and lumber salesman to a new career as an artist. Known today as The Bowlmaker, he gives fallen trees in Mitchell County their own second chances.
Real flowers fade and droop, so a floral designer here in North Carolina creates his own lifelike arrangements that are equally at home in luxury boutiques and hanging on your front door.
It’s the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature is stirring — only Mom and Dad, assembling toys and steeling themselves for those famous last words: “Batteries not included.”
Thanks to the hard work of our farmers, North Carolina is the second-largest Christmas tree producer in the nation, filling our homes with the fresh smell of the season.
How a Fortune 500 company rose from humble beginnings in Burlington.
Although slow to desegregate, one college shifts racial sentiments on campus not with court orders or violence — but through the power of music.
