Although its complete history has been lost to time, a document drafted by patriots in Charlotte is believed to be the colonies’ first written declaration of independence.
North Carolina Is The Good Road State
The story of how our roads went from muddy wagon trails to the largest state-maintained highway system in the country.
North Carolina Moonshine Gets a Modern Twist
Today’s distillers represent the latest in a long and storied history of North Carolina whiskey makers. Using the same ingredients and recipes as their predecessors, modern moonshiners are still moonshiners at heart.
Thunder Road
The heart-racing, thrill-seeking, breathtaking story of North Carolina’s favorite roller coaster.
The Battle of the Crater
The Union Army’s plan to explode a mine succeeds, but the confederate counterattack proves more deadly. (Volume 4, Part 7)
Gatsby’s Asheville
Thomas Wolfe and F. Scott Fitzgerald defined the ’20s — the boom and bust, the roar and crash — a period that is easily reimagined in this timeless North Carolina city.
Corolla’s Castle: The Whalehead Club
Today, Whalehead in historic Corolla stands quietly. But in the Roaring ’20s, when a wealthy industrialist and his wife built their dream home here on the Outer Banks, the Art Nouveau manse hummed — thanks to the couple’s reveling guests and the house’s electric power, which wouldn’t reach the rest of the island for 40 more years.
