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october 2017

Recipes

3 Fair Foods You Can Make at Home

We’re so excited about the State Fair this month that we whipped up a few festive treats of our own — recipes that can be enjoyed at home, year-round.

by Lynn Wells
Best-Kept Secrets in the Triad: Blue Stone Dive Resort
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Best-Kept Secrets in the Triad: Blue Stone Dive Resort

Thomasville’s best-kept secret is located under the surface, at a former slate rock quarry where novice and advanced divers alike can experience scuba diving hundreds of miles from the ocean.

by K McKay
7 Spooky Activities to Chill Your Bones This Fall
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7 Spooky Activities to Chill Your Bones This Fall

As the nights get cooler and longer, fall sets the mood for spine-tingling adventures. Here’s our guide to exploring the eerie side of North Carolina — if you dare.

by K McKay
Travel

Chestnut Reprise

As the embattled tree attempts a comeback, Blowing Rock’s legendary Green Park Inn does its part by showcasing the wood and nurturing saplings.

by Wilton Barnhardt
Recipes

Watch: How to Make Caramel Apples with Salted Peanuts

These sweet and salty caramel apples are festive and delicious.

by Lynn Wells
Like a Local: Forest City & Bostic
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Like a Local: Forest City & Bostic

In these small-town, foothills communities, businesses are run by the people, for the people. From handmade doughnuts to craft distilled malt whisky, these towns thrive on both tradition and originality.

by K McKay
Our State Public House
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Press Release: Our State Public House Offers Sample Flights of Handcrafted Beverages at the 150th N.C. State Fair

The new State Fair attraction showcases North Carolina craft beer and wine, and is sponsored by Our State magazine and ElectriCities.

by Our State Staff
Chicken Salad Recipe
Recipes

Classic Chicken Salad

Apples, grapes, and toasted almonds add a delicious sweetness and crunch to this chicken salad recipe.

by Our State Staff
Guides

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.

by Katie Quine
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