Articles
A Head Boat with Beauty and Personality
Oregon Inlet Fishing Center was the first marina to acquire and operate a head boat on the Outer Banks, and it is home to the head boat Miss Oregon Inlet. For those of you who don’t know, a head boat works a bit differently than a standard charter boat. Instead of taking a small group out to the Gulf Stream for deep-... Read More
New Things to See at Whalehead in Historic Corolla
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
Going All In: The Evolution of Lost Colony Brewery and Cafe
At some point in our lives, all humans face a sort of existential crisis. Who am I? What’s my purpose here? Turns out businesses are not exempt from this sort of questioning either.
Case in point: Lost Colony Brewery and Cafe, formerly Full Moon Cafe and Lost Colony Brewery, née Full Moon Cafe. “We’re still the... Read More
Coming Home Again
For several fall editions now, I’ve chosen to focus on autumn-ish things for the feature story — ghosts, haunted places, things that go bump in the night. Those are fun things to write about because there’s so much of it around here! (And, as some of you long-term readers will probably know, I adore this time of year... Read More
What Nightmares are in Store for American Horror Story on Roanoke Island
To say that Executive Producer Ryan Murphy has been keeping American Horror Story fans in suspense about the new season’s theme would be putting it mildly. The anthology-style FX show breaks the television mold by telling a completely new story each year, with the returning actors playing brand new characters. The... Read More