Southeastern NC’s 4 Best Places To Explore (With Kids!)

Southeastern NC’s 4 Best Places To Explore (With Kids!) Summer is in full swing, the kids are out of school and the grandkids are heading to St. James Plantation in sunny Southport, NC! find the Best Places To Explore here!. Hours on the beach are hours well-spent, but sometimes it’s fun to try a little…

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Scotch Hall Preserve: An Inner Banks Gem

Scotch Hall Preserve: An Inner Banks Gem Here, in the Albemarle Region, on the part of North Carolina’s coast curving inward, 75 miles southwest of the Outer Banks, is Scotch Hall Preserve. This community knew what it was doing when it nestled itself in the midst of 3,000 miles of inner coastland, with land that…

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Top Places to Retire: Palmetto Creek of the Carolinas

You’ll fall in love with the laid back lifestyle of Southport, NC, a charming historic town just minutes away at the mouth of the Cape Fear River, the Intracoastal Waterway and the Atlantic Ocean. Watch ships pass from around the world at Waterfront Park. Stroll the Southport Riverwalk and visit the shops around the Yacht Basin near the Marina. Treat yourself to fine restaurants or pick up fresh seafood. With the mild four season climate, the low tax rate and low cost of living, your story at Palmetto Creek just keeps getting better.

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Strawberry & Wine Festival

Stretching seven miles along the Atlantic Ocean is the small town of Ocean Isle Beach. Here you’ll find a quiet, family beach atmosphere attached to mainland by a bridge. Communities like Ocean Ridge Plantation and Brunswick Plantation call this barrier island home, giving you the luxury of living by beautiful beaches and other bodies of water for that peaceful coastal lifestyle. But this coming weekend it will host more than just a beachy atmosphere. How do you like your strawberries?

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Celebrate Spring at the Azalea Festival!

Celebrate Spring at the Azalea Festival! Here in Wilmington, North Carolina, you know it’s officially spring when the Azalea Festival rolls around. This year the annual community celebration happens every April and has whole days full of concerts, tours, a circus, fair food, and much more. The Azalea Festival, founded in 1948, is the largest…

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Brunswick Forest, Easy Living All the Way Around

Hiking and Walking Trail Communities

Brunswick Forest, Easy Living All the Way Around Whether it’s going to the grocery store, playing tennis, or needing to see a doctor, those things are easier to do when you live in Brunswick Forest. Everything is conveniently within the neighborhood and adjoining town center. Not to mention the easy access to the beautiful North…

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A History of Landfall

Landfall Gated Community | Best North Carolina Gated Communities

Landfall is the Port City’s oldest gated community, getting its start as a community in the 1980s. But before it became home to many happy residents, and before it was even called Landfall, this particular piece of land was something different.

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Biltmore in Candlelight: Candlelight Christmas

Biltmore in Candlelight: Candlelight Christmas Evenings Asheville, North Carolina, is a lively and picturesque town, home to many beautiful sites. Wtih the stunning scenery of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Asheville draws a lot of attention, especially when the leaves begin to change. People also come to Asheville to admire another stunning scene: America’s largest home,…

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Dixie Classic Fair

Autumn has started to make its appearance, and with that comes the cooler weather, boots and scarves, and changing leaves. It also welcomes the smell of funnel cakes in the fall air, and the Dixie Classic Fair.

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Land of Oz Theme Park Opens This Weekend

Land of Oz Theme Park Opens This Weekend Somewhere over the rainbow…is the Land of Oz. The Land of Oz theme park in Beech Mountain, NC, that is. The abandoned theme park opened in 1970, and visitors were ecstatic about following the yellow brick road, and hanging out with Dorothy, Tin Man, Scarecrow and Cowardly…

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