Raleigh resident Deena Murphy is a self-proclaimed “adrenaline junkie.” She’s bungee jumped over Victoria Falls, scuba dived with sharks in the Red Sea and snowboarded in Australia.
Now, she finds her fix through a burgeoning sport that can be done on North Carolina soil: adventure racing.

When Kathy Laughlin, Allison Black and Malinda Butson, aka the Carolina Belles, stride into the room at the Single Action Shooting Society’s annual Las Vegas convention, heads turn. “Oohs” and “aahs” are voiced. Camera flashes flicker. And sometimes, jaws drop.

To see Lynn Michael stand in her pasture and call for her sheep, you’d think she was calling for her dogs. But within moments, a flock of small, woolly sheep comes barreling over the hillside.
Small in stature, but big in personality—that’s the best way to describe Shetland sheep. The pint-sized wool-bearers are one of the [...]

The holiday season might not be the same without a fresh tin of spiced Moravian cookies to follow a big family feast.
A North Carolina company—Winkler Bakery—has become synonymous with the common German treat.
The bakery was originally built for the town’s baker, Thomas Butner, in 1800. The Winkler family purchased the bakery in 1808, and [...]

A cold Pepsi and a warm Krispy Kreme doughnut—most North Carolinians know those are legacy foods of their state, but beyond that, North Carolina has introduced many more unique foods. While most of these foods are well-known, not all are associated with North Carolina.
How about Texas Pete? That pistol-packing hot sauce is assumedly from [...]

No matter where you are in North Carolina, navigable water is never far away. With more than 370,000 boats registered in the state, hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians take to the water every year. Motorboats, rafts, canoes, kayaks, sailboats and other types of vessels coupled with the state’s various watery venues …