The Outer Banks of North Carolina is known as “The Graveyard of the Atlantic.” The treacherous shoals and shifting sandbars are home to thousands of shipwrecks. This summer the search continues for one of the area’s most notorious shipwrecks, a German submarine who attacked a convoy from Hampton Roads in 1942.
207 years ago today on July 11 in a legendary duel, the sitting Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounded the former Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton, rewriting the legends and folklore of the Outer Banks forever.
Every Friday night on the Outer Banks, locals and vacationers gather to listen to the sweet sounds of Low Pressure, a guitar-playing vocalist trio, at Ocean Boulevard Bistro and Martini Bar in Kitty Hawk. There's no cover charge for the 6-10 p.m. shows.
$20 per person general admission (includes souvenir glass); free for non-drinking adults and children.
The Outer Banks Sand Sculpture Festival will be held June 29-July 1 at Kitty Hawk Kites in Nags Head. Located across from Jockey's Ridge State Park at milepost 12.5, the festival features the professional sand sculpting team Sandtastic. The work begins at 10 a.m. on Wednesday morning (June 29) and will continue through mid-afternoon Thursday (June 30).
