Fans of surfing, diving, and everything in between will love this waterfront beach town waiting to be found in the great U.S.

Fluorescent “balloons” showing up on some North Carolina ... Cape Lookout to the South Carolina state line. Cape Lookout National Seashore, Oak Island and Sunset Beach are among the areas ...

The Outer Banks consist of a collection of barrier islands along the North Carolina coast ... Beaches region includes the following areas: Carova (the northernmost area), Carolla, Duck, Southern ...

SOUTHPORT, N ... Carolina — with the most dense gathering likely at Orton Pond in Brunswick County. The gator removed in Sunset Beach in early May (left). The large alligator (top right) and small ...

A recent 10Best Readers' Choice survey named the top 10 beach picks in N.C. It included some of the beaches closest to Asheville.

“A popular destination along North Carolina’s Crystal Coast, Atlantic Beach offers stunning scenery along the Atlantic Ocean ...

Coastal North Carolina is where dozens of major movies, as well as iconic TV shows like "Dawson’s Creek" and "One Tree Hill," ...

Part of the 85-mile barrier island that’s affectionately known as the Crystal Coast or the Southern Outer Banks, Emerald Isle ...

Here’s a curated selection of moments across North Carolina as captured by The News & Observer’s visual journalists. They ...

This beach town just south of Wilmington rivals the Outer Banks—with fewer crowds, better eats, and plenty of fun things to ...

The festival believes to be the "longest running beach music festival in the United States that is still held on the North Carolina coast. "In the 1940s, just over the bridge from Carolina Beach ...