Getting from here to there in North Carolina has always depended on safe roads — for man and beast.
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Tobacco Dreams
The notion of pulling tobacco is much more romantic than the reality of working in the fields.
Ramblin’ Man: Bound by the Beach House
During trips to the coast, friends become family, families become a village, and a vacation becomes a tradition.
Ramblin’ Man: Where Beginning Meets End
The fall line between the Piedmont and Coastal Plain is a geologic marvel that has shaped the lives of North Carolinians for centuries. So why has it been relegated to trivia question status?
Ramblin’ Man: Oracle at Beech Mountain
A writer returns to the cabin where the patriarch of storytelling changed his life.
North Carolina Rivers
Rivers tell our story, from the earth's early rotations when rains started wearing down our mountains and carving paths to the oceans, to contemporary North Carolina, where rivers nutured native settlements and sprouted towns. And they still beckon us, sending us downstream in a rush or ushering us along tranquil passages.