Outer Banks Articles

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 watersports, 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.

Outer Banks Articles Give You the Details

We write about 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 history 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 local’s side!

 

A History of Portsmouth Island

By Editorial Staff
Southwest of Ocracoke lies Portsmouth Island. It's deserted now, except for its ghosts in National Park Service uniforms. Empty. If you've never had that eerie feeling ... then maybe you'll want to take the trip that most Banks visitors never make, to quiet, unpopulated Portsmouth Island. It wasn't always that way.... Read More

A History of Ocracoke Island

By Editorial Staff
Ocracoke Island is the most remote inhabited island of the Banks, and Ocracoke is the southernmost town within the limits of Cape Hatteras National Seashore. It's reached by ferry from Hatteras Village. The trip across is fast, free and scenic, following a winding course west of Hatteras Inlet, in the calm waters of... Read More

Outer Banks Birding on Pea Island

By Editorial Staff
Pea Island is a particularly fine birding area, especially during the spring and fall. There is a variety and an abundance of bird life passing through the Atlantic flyway over Pea Island, one of several air routes that migrating birds use regularly during their semi-annual trips north and south. The beginning birder... Read More

Nags Head History

By Editorial Staff
Most everyone has heard the old story about how Nags Head got its name. How, as legend has it, the early inhabitants of the sandy banks were not above tying lanterns around horses' necks (or their tails, one variation goes) and leading the animals up and down the  beach. Merchant skippers at sea, seeing the bobbing... Read More

Kill Devil Hills – History of the Wright Brothers

By Editorial Staff
The early history of Kill Devil Hills is indistinguishable from that of Nags Head and Kitty Hawk. In the old days they were all simply part the “the beach.” The Kill Devil Hills themselves, a region of large, moving dunes, were unpopulated, though a small community known as Rosepock existed during the 18th century in... Read More