After more than three years of construction, the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge opens to traffic in October 1969. One month later, photographer Hugh Morton’s photo of the new gateway to Wilmington makes our cover. The modern bridge serves as an icon of the fast-growing city, a connection to the rest of the state, and a promise of big things to come.
To commemorate our 90th anniversary, we’ve compiled a time line that highlights the stories, contributors, and themes that have shaped this magazine — and your view of the Old North State — using nine decades of our own words.
From its northernmost point in Corolla to its southern terminus on Cedar Island, this scenic byway — bound between sound and sea — links the islands and communities of the Outer Banks.
Us? An icon? Well, after 90 years and more than 2,000 issues celebrating North Carolina from mountains to coast, we hope you’ll agree that we’ve earned the title.
After nearly a century — or just a couple of years — these seafood restaurants have become coastal icons, the places we know, love, and return to again and again.
