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Pirates Of The NC Coast

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Pirates Of The NC Coast Arrrr, dig here to find the treasures of the pirates of the Carolina Coast.

About NC You can be swooshing down snow covered slopes one day and wiggling your toes in the sand the next. Come explore!

Ideas & Escapes You’ll find so many “must-do” ideas, you’ll have to add another page to your bucket list.

Popular Attractions Want to ride roller coasters and get nose to nose with giraffes? Get your fun started now!

What’s New In NC With so many fun and unique things to do in one state, you’d think that there wouldn’t be room for anything else. Wrong! Check out what’s new.

Quirky NC North Carolina is beautiful and amazing but it’s also quirky and a little bit, well, weird. See what makes NC so unique. 

Stop By The Farm Farms don’t just give us delicious food, they give us a whole lot of fun too. Find a farm near you and you’ll never look at your dinner plate the same again.

Facts & Figures Need numbers, fun facts and basic stats? Get information on all things NC!

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Kure Beach Double Sprint Triathlon
Jun 2, 2012

Kure Beach, NC - The very first "Formula 1" or super sprint style triathlon in the U.S. - the Kure Beach…

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Outer Banks Music Festival
May 27, 2012 - May 28, 2012

Corolla, NC - Gather up the family and join us for a weekend of great music! Sunday will feature the top Beach bands - The Holiday Band, The Craig Woolard…


places of interest

Teach's Hole Blackbeard Exhibit &…

Teach's Hole Blackbeard Exhibit and Pyrate Specialty Shoppe was founded…

Ghost Walk of Old Wilmington

Join locally renowned actors and ghost hunters on a 90-minute journey…

Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum

One of three North Carolina Maritime Museums. A unique museum…

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

The tallest brick lighthouse in North America. Open for climbing Good…

North Carolina Museum of History

Explore North Carolina’s rich heritage and learn about its people.…

useful info & tips

NC Ferry Info
Free State Maps And Schedules
Cultural Resources Info On History & Historic Sites

what to do

Blackbeard’s Pirate Trail

Download Trail To GoArrr, mateys! Seek ye the treasure of Blackbeard…

Dive Team Raises Anchor From Queen…

On a fine sunny morning the first anchor to be recovered from the…

Famous Raiders On The NC Coast

Of all the pirates who plundered from Cape Fear to Currituck, these…

Blackbeard & Queen Anne’s Revenge

Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR), Blackbeard’s flagship, ran…

NC Places With Pirate Legacy and Legend

Teaches Hole, Teach’s Point and Bonnet’s Creek were surely…

Pirates Take On Stranger Tides On The…

With the upcoming release of "Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger…

Pirates At The Maritime Museum

North Carolina’s Maritime Museum in Beaufort displays rich…

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Apr 1, 2012 - Sep 30, 2012

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Apr 29, 2012 - Dec 31, 2012

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Jul 3, 2012 - Jul 6, 2012

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May 1, 2012 - Nov 11, 2012