Goose Creek State Park – Washington, NC
Goose Creek State Park sits quietly along the Pamlico River just a few miles east of Washington, NC.
But this now serene landscape has an interesting past.
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Jockey’s Ridge State Park – Nags Head, NC
Driving along the Outer Banks of North Carolina on Croatan Highway, it’s hard to miss the highest point in Nags Head: the dunes at Jockey’s Ridge State Park.
Standing at nearly 100 feet tall, the largest natural dunes on the East Coast were almost lost forever.
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Cashie Wetlands Walk – Windsor, NC
The Cashie Wetlands Walk is a 1000 yard boardwalk through the marshlands bordering the Cashie River in Windsor, NC.
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Battlefield Park – New Bern, NC
One of the things that makes New Bern Battlefield Park in New Bern, NC so unique is just how well preserved it is. Earthen mounds, known as redans, were where Confederate forces held their position as Union forces came into the area.
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Bill’s Hot Dogs – Washington, NC
Ask around and many will tell you the one place you need to stop when you’re in Washington, NC is Bill’s Hot Dogs.
Bill Jackson started the humble hot dog shop back in 1928. It’s been at its current spot on Gladden Street since 1935.
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Wild horses on the Outer Banks – Corolla, NC
Tucked away in the far northeastern corner of North Carolina, where the blacktop ends and the sand road begins, majestic horses run wild and free on Corolla’s beaches.
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Clary sage keeps the world smelling fresh longer – Merry Hill, NC
Every spring, the beautiful pink and purple flowers of the clary sage plant light up the fields in Bertie and surrounding counties in North Carolina. It’s one of the few places in the world where farmers grow it.
Over 50 years ago, scientists at R.J. Reynolds discovered a chemical compound in clary sage that could help enhance fragrances. The pretty flowers do put off a strong odor that can be smelled for miles around, but the scent isn’t exactly what scientists are after.
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Yana’s Restaurant – Swansboro, NC
Every morning, people line up along Front Street in historic downtown Swansboro, NC patiently waiting for an open table at Yana’s Ye Olde Drugstore Restaurant.
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CSS Neuse II – Kinston, NC
At the corner of Gordon and Heritage Streets in downtown Kinston lies something extraordinary.
“It’s the only full-scale replica of an ironclad in the world. We’ve got people from overseas coming to Kinston for a variety of reasons. For some, the reason is to see this ironclad,” said David Mooring, the president of the CSS Neuse Foundation.
The replica is a spitting image of the CSS Neuse, a gunboat used by Confederate troops to defend Kinston during the Civil War.
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The Bear Town Bears – New Bern, NC
New Bern, North Carolina is the birthplace of Pepsi and home of the bears, lots and lots of bears. They’ve been a fixture in the city since it was settled.
Bern is the old German word for bear. So, it’s only fitting that New Bern is also known as Bear Town.
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