The Fryingpan Mountain Lookout Tower Trail is the strangest hiking trail name in North Carolina. Read on to discover how it earned its unique name.

Last month, the Nature Center celebrated its 100-year anniversary. What began as a small municipal zoo focused on exotic animals has evolved into today’s center, which emphasizes care for and ...

Some people hear that Great Smoky Mountains is America’s most-visited national park and think it’s a reason to stay away. The ...

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The Chimney Tops Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is open and one of the most popular hikes in the park. However, like Gatlinburg and the Smoky Mountains, it is also forever changed by ...

ISLAMABAD, May 24 (APP): The first and only Pakistani Saad Bin Munawar has made history by summiting Mount Everest (8,848.86 meters) via the challenging North Side route, a feat that places him among ...

Ironically Florida was the team who knocked North Carolina out of the NCAA Tournament in 2024. The Gators won that game in convincing fashion, taking the Tar Heels down 17-8. The Gators eventually ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's highest court on Friday left intact a murder conviction that a lower appeals court had thrown out on the grounds that a jury shake-up during deliberations ...

The Oconaluftee River Trail is on the North Carolina side of the national park. The trail is a 3-mile riverside stroll that is flat and accessible. Here, hikers can also see the Mountain Farm Museum.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina House advanced another Hurricane Helene funding package on Thursday to address pressing needs in the mountains eight months after the storm caused ...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The No. 4 Florida lacrosse team (20-2, 5-0 Big 12) will compete in its second straight NCAA Semifinal, as the Gators will take on the top-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels (20-0, 9-0 ...

A rare 14th-century horse mount has been found during an excavation. Ethos Heritage achieved this feat during an archaeological excavation in the historic village of Huttons Ambo, near Malton, North ...