North Carolina - Outer Banks

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United States Picture by David Aaronson
Travel story: North Carolina - Outer Banks

The Outer Banks is a commonly used term to describe a series of barrier islands off the coast of North Carolina (and technically Virginia as well). The exact borders of the Outer Banks seems to depend on who you might be talking to. The center of the area is Roanoke Island, site of the first English colony in North America. The Roanoke colony later disappeared without a trace, although you can watch a dramatized version of it all on Roanoke Island today. Roanoke Island connects the oceanfront... More