From towns to battlefields, these 17 sites across our state still echo with the footsteps — and sacrifices — that helped forge a new nation.
Rolling Refreshment
During the first half of the 20th century, workers in North Carolina’s textile mills found respite in dope wagons — mobile carts stocked with relief.
Hidden History: Camp Catawba
Writer Brad Campbell heads to western North Carolina where he visits the site that once was Camp Catawba, a summer playscape for boys to grow in an idyllic world of nature, music, art, theater, and literature.
Camp Dreamland
In 1944, a Jewish refugee from Berlin started a summer camp near Blowing Rock, nurturing a generation of boys in an idyllic world of nature, music, art, theater, and literature.
North Carolina’s Bottle Hunter
In this episode of Hidden History, Brad Campbell takes us to Selma, where we meet Scott Given, a dedicated collector of antique glass bottles and steward of the histories they symbolize.
Splendor in the Glass
Bottle hunters go to great lengths — and depths — to unearth glittering remnants of North Carolina’s past.
Ocean City, Everlasting
On Topsail Island, the state’s oldest continuously sustained African American beach community celebrated its 75th anniversary with history, jazz, and fellowship.
