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A Haven of Solitude: Outer Banks Arboretum and Teaching Garden; I had no idea what to expect when I went off in search of the Outer Banks Arboretum one breezy spring day. I had only heard rumors of the garden's existence, but I wanted to see it for myself, so I took my 18-month-old son to Kill Devil Hills to find it.

Beach Reads: Stocking the Outer Banks Beach Bag

The house was booked months ago, you've packed (and unpacked!) the SUV, shopped and loaded the fridge with groceries and figured out who's cooking each night.


Behind Closed Doors: In Outer Banks Restaurants

As North America’s monarch butterflies migrate from Canada and the northern United States to Mexico every fall, Nags Head resident Donna Haddon and her daughter Kaelyn are waiting for the bright, colorful butterflies on the Outer Banks, a popular resting spot for the insects on their way south.

Coaxing Seeds From Sand: A Story of Sea Oats

In the fall of 1908, Nathaniel Gould walked down the beach at Bodie Island, an unlikely place to farm, with unlikely seeds to plant.

Currituck Outer Banks: No Longer the End of the Road

The view from the top of the Currituck Beach Lighthouse is a revelation, a vista of extraordinary scope, it encapsulates the very essence of Corolla, its beauty, its history and its future.

Educational Free For All: Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education

The hottest ticket on the Outer Banks this summer won't cost you a cent. The much-anticipated Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education, with the theme "Life by Water's Rhythms," is the Outer Banks newest attraction, and admission is totally free. Also free are a wide range of educational programs for all ages.

First Wave: The surfing bug had bitten me pretty hard in 1967. I had seen Endless Summer at the Vienna Movie Theater in Fairfax, Virginia. The simple plot of the movie is two surfers, Michael Hynson and Robert August, traveling the globe looking for the perfect wave.

Off Road Adventures: Corolla's Wild Horses

Corolla's famed wild Spanish mustangs have inspired many a drive north, through the traffic-heavy hustle and bustle of the Dare beaches up to where the road ends and the sand begins, where development has largely been halted and the flora and fauna of these barrier islands is laid bare.

The Whalehead Club: Grounds for Exploration

In 1922, outside the tiny village of Corolla on the Currituck Outer Banks, Edward Collins Knight dredged the bottom of the Currituck Sound, raking up mounds of sand, silt and oyster beds to form an island.