Once upon a time, a hot dog joint based in Charlotte was the fastest-growing fast food chain in America. Then it vanished. Today, there's one Wiener King left in America, and it's barely hanging on.
Here's the wild story of the MecDec's anniversary ride from Charlotte to Philadelphia
What happens when a NASCAR promoter hires some random dude to dress like a 1700s-era patriot and make a 600-mile ride on horseback? Backflips, boos, and an arrest.
A bear took a vacation to the Outer Banks. Fake pictures of it were more popular than real ones.
A handful of people saw a bear walking around Nags Head. Thousands of people saw the pictures. They were almost too good to be true, because they WERE too good to be true.
Asheville's historic vibes? They come from decades of economic pain.
North Carolina's biggest mountain town is unlike any other city in the state. That's because it did something no other city in America did after the Great Depression: It paid back all of its debts.
