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BEAUFORT, N.C. (WNCT) – With over 3000 miles of shoreline, North Carolina has plenty of maritime history. And there’s no better place to get a taste of it all than at the North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort, where you’ll find some things you might...

The Sinking of the USS Monitor On New Year’s Eve in 1862, the USS Monitor sank in a violent storm at Cape Hatteras, off North Carolina’s windswept coast. Sixteen of her 62 sailors perished. One survivor, a surgeon named Grenville Weeks, lost three fingers...

At the end of April, I was invited to tour North Carolina’s Crystal Coast area, spending several days birding and enjoying the sights. I spent one day Birding by Boat with Crystal Coast Ecotours (read about it here). Back on dry land, I found plenty...

At St. James Plantation, voted one of the nation’s best places to retire, we have plenty of neighbors who are proud to call our community home!  We have everything you need to enjoy an active, healthy retirement, including four championship golf courses...

SOUTHPORT, NC (WWAY) — Work is ready to begin to expand the North Carolina Maritime Museum in Southport. The museum will break ground for a 2,500-square-foot addition at Fort Johnston on the Southport waterfront tomorrow at 4 p.m. NC Department of Cultural...