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AUGUST 2022

Quiz

Come on In!

During the hottest days of summer, water attractions across North Carolina provide a refreshing escape.

by Alan Hodge
Back In The Day

Speaking in Code

How Cherokee soldiers from North Carolina created an unbreakable code during World War I.

by Jimmy Tomlin
Decades Series

The 1980s: City of Stars

A major film production finds its principal location in southeastern North Carolina, setting the stage for Wilmington’s new role as “Hollywood East.”

by Philip Gerard
Restaurants

A Bunch of Bologna: 3 Spots to Get a Fried Bologna Sandwich

Craving a taste of childhood? These restaurants and shops serve up classic fried bologna sandwiches for the young and the young at heart.

by Rachel Malmin
Food

Lunch Box Love: An Ode to the Fried Bologna Sandwich

A childhood spent eating homemade sandwiches for lunch and a husband with an affinity for bologna inspired a Greensboro chef to test her culinary boundaries with a familiar ingredient.

by Lynn Wells
Restaurants

Lox Stock & Bagel: Greensboro’s Iconic Deli

At first, many Gate City residents didn’t know what to make of Reubens and Rachels or lox and bagels. More than 45 years later, they wouldn’t want their beloved local deli to change a thing — and its owners are happy to oblige.

by Susan Stafford Kelly
Restaurants

A Big Apple Deli in Seafood Country

When a New York transplant found herself in Calabash without a job, she did what any well-raised Long Islander would do: She opened a deli.

by Allison Ballard
Restaurants

Livin’ on a Prayer at Gotham’s Deli

In Smithfield, a family has blessed North Carolina’s Coastal Plain with a welcoming New York-style deli.

by Billy Warden
History

North Carolina’s Hidden Cemeteries

Although North Carolina is home to 175 public cemeteries, thousands of other burial grounds shelter fragments of history. Sometimes celebrated but often forgotten, their beauty and their stories wait to be discovered.

by Eleanor Spicer Rice
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