We spent an amazing weekend in Southport, N.C., and are working on adding to our Southport section with fresh photos and updated information for travelers and people looking to relocate to the Southport area. We'll keep you posted.
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Featured: The Golden Age of NC Music
MATT BARRETT: The '80s in Chapel Hill and the Triangle was for me the Golden Age of North Carolina music and maybe one of the richest periods of anywhere in the USA. People who came later will argue and give as evidence a long list of bands that went on to varying levels of national acclaim or local failure and I will agree that in the '90s and after there were certainly a lot more bands and some of them were (and still are) pretty good. But rarely did the bands which followed combine the full package of songwriting, singing and musical ability that if not common in the '80s was at least evident in the most popular of the bands of this period. MORE
Coming next from our travels: Southport
Previously in our travels
Gift Honors North Carolina’s first director of aviation
The New Bern restaurant that everyone talks abouit
The festival is a fundraiser for the TEAM ECCO Aquarium & Shark Lab, who are celebrating 10 years of sharing the ocean on Main Street.
North Carolina has always been known for the quality of its arts and crafts since colonial days.
Discovering WNC’s world of libations is easy by way of the Asheville Ale Trail, the most comprehensive and current guide to the region’s breweries, bars and taprooms, bottle shops, cider and sake purveyors, and wineries.
New Bern offers a wide range of neighborhood choices. Here are a few:
New Bern is more than a tourist attraction: It's a great place to live. Clean air, temperate weather, and amenities you don't expect
Exhibits shed light on the South's segregated past and the palace's place in North Carolina history
The North Carolina Museum of History has completed a 360˚ virtual tour of its largest exhibit
Jordan Lake is a part of North Carolina that played a central role among prehistoric settlers all the way to the tech boom.
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