She lived on this island for 77 years and never left, not even for a day,” Alton Ballance told us about a woman who spent her ...

From CoastalReview.org​ Dozens of carvers, collectors and exhibitors from North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland ...

and learned about Blackbeard's ties to the island at the Ocracoke Preservation Society Museum. I've also eaten my weight in raw oysters at Ocracoke Oyster Co., but that's another story.

Ocracoke Island is the southernmost of the Banks ... and chicken, as well as seafood like shrimp and scallops. Whether you want an afternoon refreshment or a sudsy nightcap, a visit to 1718 ...