Sun & Surf
The Great American Beach Vacation

This special summer issue of Carolinas' Best is devoted to travel on the Southeast Coast, from Virginia Beach to the Grand Strand.

Follow the links in blue to read our stories from past issues of NC Magazine, Charlotte's Best, and other publications, illustrated by our editor Renee Wright's original photographs.

(Editors take note: both photos, also available in high-rez versions, and text are available for reprint in web or print publications. All rights are reserved. Contact besteditorial [at] earthlink.net to obtain rights.)

Discover gourmet dining, and Blackbeard in Beaufort, North Carolina's most charming seaside village.

Relive heroic rescues at the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station on Hatteras Island.

Ocracoke: Named Best Beach in the U.S. in 2007 and the last place Blackbeard partied

Birders dream: The Sanderling in Duck on the northern Outer Banks

The Best of the Grand Strand: Wright Choices in Myrtle Beach

The NC Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores: An easy way to visit the Graveyard of the Atlantic

 

For more information on these destinations and other seaside destinations, consult our editor Renee Wright's books from Countryman Press:

Great Destinations: North Carolina's Outer Banks and Crystal Coast

and

Explorers Guide: Virginia Beach, Richmond and the Virginia Tidewater, including Williamsburg, Norfolk, and Jamestown

and her latest

Explorers Guide: Myrtle Beach & South Carolina’s Grand Strand including Wilmington and the North Carolina Low Country

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With its long summer twilights and multitude of teams, the Carolinas are richly endowed with opportunities to hear an umpire call "Play ball!"

Discover NC natives who have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame at the NC Baseball Museum ...

Find a baseball game near you...

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Doing Disney: Renee's not too reverent look at the World of the Mouse. Click "continued" to read the whole story.

Ride along on Disney's Mission: Space.