From the Wright Brothers’ first flight to the Greensboro Four sit-in, the disappearance of the Lost Colony to the construction of Biltmore Estate, history happens here in North Carolina. These kinds of stories from North Carolina’s history are abundant, surprising, and revolutionary.
That’s why we’re introducing a new weekly email newsletter in 2017 that features one stunning story from our state’s history from that week’s past. Sign up below to begin receiving this email each Monday. Let’s get to exploring.
North Carolina is known for many things, but nothing more important this week than the qualities of endurance, resilience, and hope.
By day, this adventure park in the Triad is a fall festival to die for. By night, the undead come alive for Halloween tricks. Welcome to one man’s vision of year-round merrymaking.
North Carolina’s border dances across the mountains as it traces four different states. Life here can be more remote, but good neighbors are never far away.
The Blue Ridge Parkway stands out among America’s national parks: Unfurling across six Appalachian mountain chains, it connects dozens of rural communities and binds together generations of families through shared memories.
