Once strictly known as a tobacco town, the Camel City is reviving itself through technology and the arts in such a way that's prompting the world take notice.
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A Long Way to the Sea
200 miles. Eight days. One river. Our State’s Jeremy Markovich starts at the source of the mighty Cape Fear and paddles his way through locks and lulls, rapids and rain, on an epic journey few have ever made.
Coastal Serenity at the Inn on Pamlico Sound
Finding waterfront hospitality and a home away from home on Hatteras Island.
City Portrait: Salisbury
In Rowan County, a few dozen working-class folks invested a little bit of money in a fledgling grocery store. Decades later, their investments were worth millions, and helped preserve their small town.
City Portrait: New Bern
Where two rivers meet, North Carolina’s first capital bridges the distance between past and present.
Relish the Past and Present at Buffalo Mercantile Company & Café
For more than a century, a general store has supplied residents of Caldwell County with the most essential of provisions: a sense of community.
Come Summertime, Cantaloupes are Ridgeway’s Royalty
From the Waldorf Astoria to the White House and back, Ridgeway’s cantaloupes are famous for their sweetness.
Ramblin’ Man: From Wagon Trail to Interstate
Getting from here to there in North Carolina has always depended on safe roads — for man and beast.
City Portrait: Wilson
Here, scrap metal becomes fanciful whirligigs, and tobacco leaves — once the foundation of this eastern North Carolina city — become functional artwork.
