Outer Banks News And Views

Welcome to the Carolina Designs blog. Here you’ll find information about the Outer Banks, what’s going on, and what we hope are some entertaining posts, quizzes and articles.

Blue Jay

Animals of the Outer Banks — Songbirds

February 5, 2021
Look out of any window, walk along the beach, hike through any of our Outer Banks nature preserves a...
Yellow-Bellied Slider Turtle

Animals of the Outer Banks — Reptiles

January 27, 2021
There is a tendency to think of wildlife as furry and warmblooded. But, close relatives though we ma...
Working Remote Outer Banks Ocean Views

Online Access Signals Changes in Outer Banks Vacation and Real Estate Market

January 25, 2021
Just about everyone is glad to see 2020 gone. There is little doubt that a pandemic unlike any that ...
American Black Ducks

Animals of the OBX — Migratory Waterfowl

January 18, 2021
Migratory Waterfowl The Outer Banks is a birder’s paradise. Whether amateur or experienced,...
Dolphin

Animals of the Outer Banks — Marine

January 13, 2021
There are so many animals from the wild side stopping by or using our Outer Banks beaches that it’...
Wild Horse in Corolla, NC

Animals of the Outer Banks — Mammals

January 9, 2021
There is a tendency to think of the places that have been developed as being the home of humans and ...
The Surfin' Spoon: Sebi Goes Surfing

Outer Banks Books—Children’s Books

January 5, 2021
Rich in history, with a complex environmental story to tell…a place of romance and mystery, the Ou...
How To Read A North Carolina Beach

Outer Banks Books—Nature and the Environment

December 29, 2020
The beauty of the Outer Banks is an extraordinary creation of nature—a place where powerful forces...
Deadly Dreams of Summer Joseph Terrell

The Outer Banks in Fiction—Romance and Mystery

December 22, 2020
It seems as though in the past 20 years or so, writers have discovered the Outer Banks as a place of...
David McCullough - The Wright Brothers Book

Outer Banks Books—History and Nonfiction

December 18, 2020
With over 400 years of history from the first attempt at a British colony in 1584 until today, the O...
Bodie Island Lighthouse Boardwalk

Boardwalks of the Outer Banks

November 28, 2020
One of the features resort areas have in common are their boardwalks, and the Outer Banks, being a r...
GA Kohler Ship Beached on the OBX

The George A Kohler—The Story of the Charred Remains of the Ship

November 22, 2020
Today the George A. Kohler is the charred skeleton of a once proud ship resting on the beach a few m...