If you need a break from the waves or need something to do on a rainy day, shopping in the Outer Banks is a great option. Favorite souvenir shops in OBX include Kitty Hawk Kites, Parrot Bay and Gray's ...

Kate Lewis is a writer and longtime visitor to the Outer Banks. She currently lives outside Washington, D.C. A series of barrier islands and land along the North Carolina coast that stretches for well ...

The Outer Banks showed me that beauty and hardship often walk hand in hand. It reminded me to look at my own community with fresh eyes and to value the things I may take for granted. It taught me that ...

The Bodie Island Lighthouse is illuminated as dusk falls on at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore on the outer banks of North Carolina in 2015. Robert Willett [email protected] Looking to get ...

To paraphrase Paul McCartney, Dare Days, happening Saturday, June 3 and Sunday, June 4, is getting back to where it once belonged: Downtown Manteo. The annual festival, which started as a one-day ...