Outer Banks Articles & Shorts - Whalehead

If you’re like a lot of people – like hundreds of thousands of people – you love the Outer Banks of North Carolina. You might consider us presumptuous drawing this conclusion so quickly, and we would agree with you . . . except for the fact that we’re right. You love the Outer Banks beaches, the Outer Banks water sports, the Outer Banks towns, Outer Banks shops, the Outer Banks events and Outer Banks activities . . . everything about this place (you wouldn’t be on this site if you didn’t). We do too. And, lucky for you, we also love writing about the Outer Banks. Locals and visitors alike value our Outer Banks information.

Our local writers tell you how to negotiate dining out if you have a big crowd. We show you, step by step, how to pick a crab. We’ve written articles highlighting Corolla and the Currituck Outer Banks or about charming Manteo on Roanoke Island or telling you the mysteries of Ocracoke Island. We cover the events happening on the Outer Banks – and, boy, are there a lot of them to cover! Outer Banks activities, everything from water sports to walking tours to lighthouse tours to birdwatching trips, are focal points. Businesses, rituals and legends local to the Outer Banks are detailed in our articles. You’ll find out how that restaurant got its name or the modest beginning of that now-booming business. We give you insider Outer Banks information about staying safe in the ocean, how to navigate those pesky turn lanes, which restaurants to check out for the best Southern cuisine in the area and resorts’ present and future aspirations. Our Outer Banks articles are good reading. You’ll feel like a local with all the knowledge you’re sure to collect! And we’re adding to them all the time. Click on in to learn about the Outer Banks from the locals' side!

 

Something to Celebrate: 100 Years of Whalehead in Historic Corolla

By Heather Frese
Cast your mind back 100 years, if you will. It’s 1922 and the world is just emerging from a pandemic. People are ready to embrace gathering, music and time with family and friends. Rapid social and political changes are taking place as people find their way into a new normal. Sounds a little bit familiar, right?... Read More

New Things to See at Whalehead in Historic Corolla

By Katrina Mae Leuzinger
The history of Whalehead in Historic Corolla is a snapshot of the fascinating history of the Outer Banks and American history in general.  The sunny-yellow building overlooking the beautiful Historic Corolla Park just yards away from Currituck Lighthouse was built in 1925 by Edward Collins Knight Jr. at a time when... Read More

Voices of Whalehead

By Lexi Holian
Above all, they love the house. The tour guides at the Whalehead in Historic Corolla are the first faces visitors see when they step through the door of the 1920s Art Nouveau-style home. A few of them in particular have become as famous as the house itself (well, almost) for their extensive knowledge of the home’s... Read More

It's All Happening at Whalehead

By Beth P. Storie
The people who run Whalehead in Historic Corolla are geniuses at merging mission with events. They help all of us understand not only the history of the great house but also, through their activities and events, the era during which the house came to be. And that era, as you might know, was the Roaring ‘20s when... Read More

Written in Wood

By Beth P. Storie
The story of a place like Whalehead has been written in words and images through the years. But these forms of history are, by nature, subjective as they are given to us through the eyes and thoughts of the beholders. Not so the story written in wood, glass and copper. That’s a story that is substantial, unchangeable... Read More