Our State

Explore this unique structure and whimsical house in Kernersville. Discover the excitement and action of a Friday night football game. Learn how plants are just as important as animals to the N.C. Zoo.

Large clocks adorn the top of many of North Carolina's civic buildings. Learn what makes our ferries an efficient form of transportation. See parades that the state has to offer in Asheville, New Bern and Faith 4th of July, among others.

Large clocks adorn the top of many of North Carolina's civic buildings. Learn what makes our ferries an efficient form of transportation. Some mechanical clocks that adorn the top of many of North Carolina’s civic buildings are close to 200 years old. Some folks utilize the NC Ferry System to get to work or school. Some folks couldn’t get to their vacation destination without getting on a ferry.

Bland Simpson shares stories about the canal's fascinating history. Take a sailing adventure from Manteo to Bath. Celebrate the tercentenary of our state's first town.

See how this 75-year-old art campus in NC's mountains influences artists' lives and works. Meet 90-year-old twins Bernice Wade and Barbara Stiles and delight in their Chapel Hill garden. Discover the bold, colorful paintings of this Eastern North Carolina artist.

Cameras descend into Bat Cave for the first time as scientists study this unique ecosystem. Each year Wilmington citizens throw a huge party to honor their blazing azaleas. For over a century the many lush plants of these gardens by the sea have delighted visitors.

Explore the 264-acre Henderson County home of one of the 20th century's most significant Americans. Discover the world's largest sanctuary for endangered prosimian primates, in Durham's Duke Forest. Meet the sixth generation of Goodwin family weavers, who still work using on 19th century looms.