Tar Heel Traveler this week is Marine from Wilmington who broke his neck while serving in Afghanistan. For therapy, he turned to woodworking and today uses water and fire to create elaborate pieces, ...

This cozy restaurant is a longtime gathering spot in the Warren County town of Norlina near the Virginia border. Norlina used to be a railroad hub, and today Rachel's Whistle Stop Cafe represents a ...

The Clayton Town Council recently paid one million dollars for an iconic building that had once been an old mule barn. The city plans to preserve it but also transform it into a town gathering spot.

NASA also used PARI to spy on the Russians! Today, the institute is mainly used for students and researchers studying the mysteries of space. In 1961, NASA built a state-of-the-art satellite ...

Valentine's Day is right around the corner, and maybe you're looking for a sweet treat for your sweetie. Scott Mason features a deliciously gooey, bite-sized piece of heartfelt, teeth felt, love in ...

B&G Grill in Goldsboro has been serving up tasty dishes since 1977. Reporter : Scott Mason Photographer : Sean Braswell Web Editor : Kathy Hanrahan ...

A former newspaperman from Kittrell retired from journalism and worked for amusement parks. Ron Gustafson became a well-known amusement park historian with three books under his belt and a basement ...

Our Tar Heel Traveler highlights Sarah Keys, a black military veteran who refused to give up her seat on a bus in Roanoke Rapids long before Rosa Parks did.

It's a small community with an unusual name tucked between Kinston and Greenville. And yet, it is full of intriguing history--which includes the history behind the name itself. It's a small ...

On Martin Luther King Day, Tar Heel Traveler Scott Mason met Beverly Burnette in Raleigh, who is a founding member of the NC Association of Black Storytellers. Among Beverly's stories is her own ...

Sam Johnson passed away the other day. For much of his life, he ran a little sewing machine shop in Raleigh and even invented sewing-machine devices that made sewing easier. We revisit this 2010 ...

Jan.15 is Martin Luther King's birthday. Lloyd Turlington of Pikeville met Dr. King in 1968 shortly after Turlington, a white basketball coach, integrated an all-white college in Georgia.