In Rocky Mount, June Germans were the high-society highlight of the year, transforming tobacco warehouses and bringing big bands, national press, and even a movie star to town.
North Carolina Fiddle Festivals
Fiddlers’ conventions have long brought North Carolina communities together.
Cigar-Box Fiddles
A craftsman in Asheville combines music, art, and history to give cigar boxes unexpected new life.
The Invasion of the Underclad Undergrads
For a brief time in the 1970s, college students threw off their inhibitions — among other things — and ran free.
Reggie’s Flower Shoppe in Lexington
Reggie Walser, Welcome’s best-known florist, has been arranging every kind of bloom since he was 3. And he’s not stopping anytime soon.
The History of Cheerwine
Its flavor is sweet, its color is red, and its history is inextricably intertwined with our own. At soda fountains and from vending machines, we grew up with it. This is our drink. But we’re happy to share it with the rest of the world.
The Tiniest Homes
After building a dollhouse with her grandchildren, a High Point woman decided to continue the craft — and created dozens of intricate, miniature homes.
Fastest Monkey in the World
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.
At The Hot Dog Church in Greensboro
They don’t call Greensboro’s Carraway United Methodist Church “The Hot Dog Church” for nothing.
