North Carolina

With sheer determination, Mike Hester has spent decades turning his family’s farm into a hotbed of wild quail and champion bird dogs. And it all traces back to a love of the hunt

The story behind two images of the Thirsty Beaver Saloon

Seabird brings a sophisticated taste of North Carolina’s saltwater bounty—and bivalves for breakfast—to downtown guests

He acts, sings, and dances his way from Appalachia to Hollywood’s biggest franchises

Mama Dip’s granddaughter shares the Southern businesses she loves to support in her home state

O. N. Pruitt’s rare photos of Jim Crow–era Mississippi feature in a new book

On January 25, North Carolinians with Scottish roots will pour the whisky and serve up the haggis for Burns Night

Cozy getaways that make the best of cold temperatures

North Carolina’s Wilkerson bakery brings back beautiful and wisp-thin spiced treats

A North Carolinian readies vintage guns for new days in the field

Reveling in great friends, food, and the outdoors during our annual Garden & Gun Society Gathering

Hear the previously unreleased “The Precious Jewel,” from a new career-spanning box set of the legendary North Carolina musician

Meet North Carolina’s Bayard Wootten, a self-taught photographer whose images still speak

Two women cast for trout, and other things that lie beneath the surface

From the bow of a skiff in the still of night, gig in hand, a son reflects on fathers, flounder, and choosing a life outdoors

A classic cocktail spins in its grave at a Durham distillery

Three historic Southern inns where equestrians feel right at home

Baby blue? Sky blue? Robin egg? What shade really is the Tar Heels’ iconic color?

Long overlooked as a prime upland bird in the South, the timberdoodle is quickly inspiring a new legion of hunters. But that by no means makes this whimsical-looking, erratic-flying,
thick-cover-loving quarry an easy target

A childhood serenity under the stars
reawakens in a North Carolina observatory