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Whiteville, NC : Burgertown,USA
Somewhere in your hometown is a burger place that makes you happy. If you’re lucky, there might be two of them. If you’re really, really lucky like me, there are five. Welcome to Burgertown, USA.
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Before the Mason-Dixon Line
King Charles III has just begun his reign, so there’s not much in the way of mistakes to talk about yet. Instead, let’s discuss one of the blunders of Charles II.
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The Stokes Light
The Stokes Light, or sometimes referred to as The Pactolus Light, is in Pitt County between Greenville and Washington, North Carolina, in a crossroads town named Stokes, North Carolina. The way I first heard the story is that over a hundred years ago along a train track a railway worker was walking with his lantern on or…
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Prohibition
In order to talk about whiskey in the United States, you have to talk about the good and bad times. That’s right. Whiskey in America hasn’t always been a Happy Hour. In fact, there was a time when not only whiskey but all alcohol wasn’t even allowed on the menu of your favorite restaurant
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Bourbon With Heart
Bourbon with Heart is a new nonprofit that uses Kentucky’s world-renowned Bourbon industry to elevate the Bluegrass State’s art and culture scene.
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Rare Breed
The story of a southern breed that almost vanished, the Marsh Tacky, and the man who fought to save them.
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How I Came To Give Up On Writing- Remembering Dickey
I once fashioned myself as a writer. Launched an underground newspaper. Grew my hair long in a bohemian style. Published an article or two here and there, won a poetry contest, too. I had all the bases covered. All I needed was a touch of insanity and a round of alcoholism on the side to be the...
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“I’ll Have A Double!”: Holiday Party
Make your spirit festive with these recipes sure to please the palate and spread holiday cheer.
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Hidden Stories in Taxidermy: Cocaine Bear
A dead body in someone’s backyard in Tennessee, a plane crash in the North Carolina mountains, a dead bear in Georgia, Waylon Jennings’ house in Las Vegas, and millions of dollars of Colombian blow: Let’s connect the dots.
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The Gray Man: 200 Years Later
We are at the end of October, but we have over a month left in the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season. We have already had one major storm with hurricane Ian causing historic damage in Florida. Reports say Ian is the worst hurricane to hit Florida since the 1935 Labor Day hurricane slammed into the Keys with winds…
