1. Start your morning off right with Britt’s Donuts. Britt’s serves donuts so legendary that there can be lines out its doors day and night, but trust us – they’re worth the wait.
2. If beach bumming isn’t for you, Carolina Beach still has a lot to offer. Brush up on your North Carolina history at Kure Beach with a tour of Fort Fisher, and then come face to face with sea creatures at the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher.
3. When that sweet tooth starts calling again, head over to The Fudgeboat. Inside this landlocked, restored boat you’ll find over 100 kinds of fudge.
4. Next, take an afternoon stroll over to the Carolina Beach Boardwalk. Make sure you bring a couple bucks so you can take in a coastal view atop the ferris wheel.
5. Finish up your day with a fantastic sunset and cocktail. Come for dinner and drinks and stay for the music and the view at the Tiki Pier at Carolina Beach.
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To commemorate our 90th anniversary, we’ve compiled a time line that highlights the stories, contributors, and themes that have shaped this magazine — and your view of the Old North State — using nine decades of our own words.
From its northernmost point in Corolla to its southern terminus on Cedar Island, this scenic byway — bound between sound and sea — links the islands and communities of the Outer Banks.
Us? An icon? Well, after 90 years and more than 2,000 issues celebrating North Carolina from mountains to coast, we hope you’ll agree that we’ve earned the title.
After nearly a century — or just a couple of years — these seafood restaurants have become coastal icons, the places we know, love, and return to again and again.
