In this beloved town at the heart of the Albemarle-Pamlico estuary, everything begins and ends with the water.
CITY PORTRAIT
Tuckasegee River Brings Opportunity for Bryson City’s New Generation
For a new generation in Bryson City, the mountain river that once washed away whole homesteads is now the source of simple pleasures, natural wonders, and new businesses.
City Portrait: Salisbury
In Rowan County, a few dozen working-class folks invested a little bit of money in a fledgling grocery store. Decades later, their investments were worth millions, and helped preserve their small town.
City Portrait: Greensboro
This Piedmont city wasn’t named for the lush foliage that lines its roadways — but it could’ve been. See Greensboro from its curbs, where streets and nature meet.