The first phase of construction of the 1,371-acre North Carolina Zoo in Randolph County is complete. The land where the facility sits, initially known as Purgatory Mountain, welcomes animal additions often. The State introduces North Carolinians to a few new residents, including an 8-month-old giraffe, a 250-pound African gorilla, and a female rhinoceros from Kenya.
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.
For the owner of The Country Biscuit, welcoming diners is the fulfillment of a decades-long dream. And diners’ dreams come true when they try the glazed biscuit doughnut holes.
Black bears are the embodiment of North Carolina’s adventurous spirit, immense and wild.
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.
