BENSON – Preservation North Carolina (Preservation NC) has announced a uniqueand urgent opportunity for history enthusiasts and preservationists: the Alfred Altman House, a rare 1840s Johnston County ...

The distinctive dome of the historic McDowell County Courthouse stands as a proud centerpiece of downtown, providing architectural dignity to the streetscape. Walking through Marion, you’ll quickly ...

Once, there were very different plans for this mountain land — one of the largest swaths of private forestland remaining in ...

Now, the full 2,669 acres is protected—over half of it as the Town of Lake Lure’s Buffalo Creek Park and the rest as the Joel Ridge Nature Preserve, owned by Conserving Carolina.

It is now nestled among dozens of apple trees and conifers in the picturesque village of Yarpole, Herefordshire.

A dog adopted seven years ago keeps returning to a shelter — and now, she waits for the right home. “It is, naturally, hard for us because we do love her,” a North Carolina animal shelter told ...

A “sweet” dog has spent nearly 500 days in shelters — and he still needs a home. “Unicycle has been living in a kennel for one year and one hundred days, and it’s due to no fault of his own — he’s a ...

A loving dog has been in and out of a shelter since 2022 — and he needs another new home. “Bandito is still with us, still waiting, and our hearts are getting heavier with each passing day,” Danielle ...

BUXTON, N.C.– Cleanup crews are set to begin removing debris on Friday from eight homes that collapsed over the course of three days on the shores of Buxton, North Carolina. Cape Hatteras National ...

If you’re tired of the same-old, basic cookie-cutter homes on the hillsides of Southern California, there’s something enchantingly different about one estate sitting on a mountaintop in the San ...

[Updated September 27, 2025] When we drove up the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina for the first time, we didn’t have much time to plan our trip because a plumbing issue forced us to vacate our ...