Seventy years ago, Elinor Hawkins’s professor asked her to choose a book she’d collect for the rest of her life. She picked “The Night Before Christmas.” Today, she has more than 1,000 copies.
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Baker’s Kitchen is Home to Delicious Breakfasts — and Butter Syrup
Baker’s Kitchen has weathered storms — literal and metaphorical — to keep its community in baked goods and breakfast foods (with a side of butter syrup).
Meet the Maker: Shop Class
In New Bern, a longtime woodworker opens his workshop to the community.
10 North Carolina Ghost Tours to Go on This Fall
Get spooked in Winston-Salem and search for apparitions in the Appalachians. Here’s our guide to ghost tours around the state.
The History of the North Carolina Gazette, Our State’s First Newspaper
North Carolina was one of the last colonies to have a printer's office, opening operations in New Bern in 1749. Two years later, on August 9, 1751, the first issue of the North Carolina Gazette was born.
Local Landmark: New Bern’s Bayard Wootten House
In a clapboard house on East Front Street, a pioneering female photographer began a distinguished career, one that included taking aerial shots from a Wright brothers plane.
City Portrait: New Bern
Where two rivers meet, North Carolina’s first capital bridges the distance between past and present.
Growing Up Pepsi
A tall glass of cold cola stokes memories of a carbonated childhood.
Pearls of the Coastal Plain:
11 Towns Before the Shore
These towns are buoyed by their proximity to water — river, sound, bay — yet they’re far enough from the ocean that you won’t find sand in your shoes. Here, 11 quirky places claim their fame in boats and bears, local characters and history.