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LIVING IN NORTH CAROLINA

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Our State Knows Best

Our State Knows Best: Apples

Find out what three experts have to say about picking the perfect apple, baking the most delicious pie, and searching for the hard-to-find heirloom varieties of our state’s favorite fall fruit — plus the one apple they’d eat for the rest of their lives.

by Anna Grace Thrailkill
Living in North Carolina

Meet the Family that Takes Care of UNC’s Mascot

For generations, one family has made sure that Rameses looks his best on game day — and has kept him safe from ram-nappers.

by Marshéle Carter
Living in North Carolina

In Search of Secret Creeks

Stocked with paper maps and picnic lunches, one family’s minivan becomes a time machine, carrying them across North Carolina and back to a simpler era.

by Drew Perry
Living in North Carolina

A Zest for Giving

A tiny entrepreneur with a giant heart sells lemonade by the gallon to help babies in need.

by Lori K. Tate
Living in North Carolina

The Heritage House

In Caswell County, a cabin built from old tobacco barns reflects one family’s farming history in every way you might expect — and many you wouldn’t.

by Susan Stafford Kelly
Living in North Carolina

A Love Note to North Carolina: Splash from the Past

A rush of memories carries one former camp kid back to the North Carolina river where he rafted the rapids, navigating waves and plunging headlong into the future.

by Drew Perry
Living in North Carolina

In the Land of Waterfalls

So you want to be a nature photographer? Take a trip with a professional shooter as he captures the beauty of falling water.

by Morgan Sykes
Living in North Carolina

Rock ’n’ Roll Quarry

Before the turquoise water rose, submerging the towering walls of an old granite quarry near Ramseur, the secret swimming hole served as a lesson and a warning to a generation of kids growing up in the 1970s.

by Mark Kemp
Living in North Carolina

Having a Blast

There’s only one way to finish off a day of Fourth of July festivities: with crackles and booms, color and light. Sit back, hold your family close, and watch the show unfold.

by T. Edward Nickens
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