Purple Marlins of the Outer Banks
The purple martins of the Willam Umstead Bridge have returned once again. They are, perhaps, the equivalent of the swallows of San …
Billy Mitchell and the Outer Banks
Two US battleships, the USS New Jersey and the USS Virginia, rest 300’ beneath the waters of the Atlantic. About …
Summer 2019 Outer Banks Books
It’s summer and two Outer Banks authors who have a history of churning out great books are at it again. …
Audubon North Carolina and the Pine Island Hunt Club
The legendary hunting clubs of Currituck Sound are gone. There were over 100 of them at one time, lining the …
New Coffee Shop in Duck, NC – Outer Bean Cafe
There are so many places to get a great cup of coffee or a wonderful cappuccino on the Outer Banks …
Top Five Outer Banks Kayak Launches
We know that the reason just about everyone is here on the Outer Banks is to enjoy our amazing beaches …
Outer Banks Shipwreck seen from land – Oriental aka “The Boiler”
We may never know what caused the Oriental to run aground in May of 1862. The Delaware County (PA) American, …
New High-Speed Ferry to Ocracoke Outer Banks
There is finally high-speed passenger only ferry service linking Hatteras and Ocracoke. NCDOT had to jump through some hoops to …
5 Little Known Facts About the Outer Banks
We’ll call this a test, not that anyone is going to be keeping grades, but we’ve put together five facts …
Raleigh’s Historie of the World on the Outer Banks
There is at the Outer Banks History Center at Roanoke Island Festival Park, a most remarkable book. The book is …