North Carolina

From history and heritage to population and popular attractions, find the basics on North Carolina’s people and places.

 
 
 
 
 

Consider this a starting point to meeting North Carolina’s wonder women during the centennial of the 19th Amendment. Penelope Barker Who she was: A loyal and wealthy Patriot from Edenton. What...

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Of the 2,180 miles on the Appalachian Trail, about 95 lie entirely in North Carolina and another 200 or so follow the Great Smoky Mountains ridge line separating North Carolina and Tennessee. The...

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Biltmore America's largest privately owned home, Biltmore rises from 8,000 acres in the mountains near Asheville. George Vanderbilt, son of industrialist and philanthropist Cornelius Vanderbilt,...

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Where can a traveler find a museum dedicated to the alphabet, a town that acts like it's in a sitcom and a contest to see who can holler the best? Across North Carolina, museums, events and even...

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