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North Carolina’s best parks
When it comes to enjoying the outdoors, nothing beats a park. North Carolina has some of the best parks in the country, offering a fun, affordable way to get some fresh air and sunshine. Here are our top three picks for the best parks in North Carolina.
This beautiful park offers great hiking opportunities, beautiful views of the granite cliffs, even more beautiful views from atop them, a central lake, and some truly great picnic spots.
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North Carolina day trips
When it’s time to shake things up a little, why not pack up and take a day trip. A one-day vacation can be just the thing for the summertime blues. Here are our top three picks for day trips in North Carolina.
Visit the historic town of Salisbury
North Carolina is filled with history, and Salisbury is one of the best places to see it. Not only does Salisbury have a 30-square-block historic downtown, it also features the National Cemetery, where Civil War soldiers were laid to rest.
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Date night in North Carolina
Here in North Carolina we are famous for our hospitality, and North Carolina’s restaurant scene is no different. There are amazing restaurants all across our state, so many that it can be difficult to pick just one. Here are our bets for the top three most romantic restaurants in North Carolina.
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Girl Scouts testing gluten-free cookies
After figuring out that I can't handle wheat, I was relieved when the annual onslaught of Girl Scout cookies came, because I had a built-in resistance. Now instead of seeing delicious cookies, I saw the three days of stabbing abdominal pains they would cause me. It made it a lot easier to pass them up on my way in and out of the grocery store.
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The North Carolina house with a weird secret
Last week Reddit uncovered an interesting mystery: a house in North Carolina which looks utterly unremarkable, except that it has no driveway, the lights are never on, and there is no walkway in front. Turns out it’s not a house at all: it’s a clever camouflage job for a pumping station.
These faux houses are kept a closely-guarded secret by local utility companies, but they are probably found all across the nation. In fact, this may explain the mystery of a strange house a few miles from my house.
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This year's Oscars theme is: Movie heroes
This year's Academy Awards ceremony will honor movie heroes. And yes, that includes superheroes and real-life film heroes as well. The 2014 Oscars producers made the big announcement earlier today, and I started thinking: Who are my favorite film heroes? I'm only a casual fan of superhero films, so I decided to come up with some of (what I believe) are the best real-life heroes portrayed on the big screen.
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Outer Banks, North Carolina
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