Outer Banks Articles & Shorts

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!

 

Shop, Sip, Stretch and Soar

By Hannah Lee Leidy
The Cotton Gin was established in the 1960s as an Outer Banks shopping oasis. In recent years, though, it’s becoming equally regarded as a recreation destination. With the return of warm weather and long daylight hours, The Cotton Gin and Sanctuary Vineyards furnish a bounty of outdoor activities that capture the... Read More

Where Memories of a Lifetime are Made Every Day

By Molly Harrison
When Russ King was growing up, his family vacationed on the Outer Banks. His father took him and his brother, Stephen, fishing every year – starting on the piers and Bonner Bridge catwalk when they were younger and then inshore and nearshore charters as they got older. In the afternoons, they’d head down to Oregon... Read More

Catch our Drift

By Molly Harrison
The Outer Banks offers so many ways to catch so many different fish in so many different places. There’s bottom fishing for triggerfish on wrecks, fly fishing for trout in the sound, casting for bluefish in the surf, spear fishing for sheepshead on the bridges, pin rigging for king mackerel on the piers, trolling for... Read More

Edenton Events in Full Bloom

By Hannah Lee Leidy
I love Edenton in the spring. The trees leaf out, and blossoms and blooms bring bursts of color to the walkable downtown. It’s like Mother Nature waved her paintbrush over the town and left it for rest of the world to stroll through and admire.  This time of year brings a blooming of activity in Edenton.  After the... Read More

Spring into Action on Ocracoke Island

By Hannah Lee Leidy
Nature slows and quiets during the winter, but as the longer, warmer days return with springtime, it revs back to life. The same goes for Ocracoke Island.   The islanders have a way of listening to Mother Nature and following her lead (hey, you have to if you want to live on an island!), and spring ushers in the... Read More