Once mainstays of Main Street, barbershops and beauty parlors still exist, if you know where to look. Remember the gossip, those giant hair dryers, and that unmistakable scent? Take a seat, and be taken back.
Family Tradition: On Caves & Copperheads
Hibernating doesn’t always mean staying home to sleep. Sometimes, it means ending a cold, wet day with much-needed warmth, hospitality, and plenty of cobbler.
Pork & Politics Merge at Mallard Creek Presbyterian Church
For 88 years, thousands of people and hundreds of political candidates have made the pilgrimage to North Carolina’s biggest and oldest church barbecue.
Barbecue 101: A Lesson on North Carolina’s Delicacy
A primer on the perfect smoke, pig, sauce, and sides.
Just a Bowl of Butter Beans
If you think of these little legumes as just lima beans, you may not understand why butter beans move us Southerners to sing.
Family Tradition: Mars, by Way of Carolina
When you’ve staked out your own little corner of the night sky, the names of the stars don’t matter as much as the time you spend looking up.
More Than Footwear, Boots Are Our Heart and Soles
In the fields, on the hiking trail, through the bitter cold of winter, our trusty boots protect us.
Health & High Altitude
Even while climbing mountains, a Jacksonville doctor always answers his phone. And his patients never outgrow him.
Snow Fosters a Community in China Grove
When winter coats the tiny town of China Grove in white, everybody knows where to go, and what to do.
