Even the Ocracoke lighthouse keeper’s quarters are being elevated four to five feet after experiencing 18 inches of floodwater during the storm. Ocracoke has not only recovered but has also ...

Silver Lake ferry docks. Photo by Joy Crist. The Ocracoke-Cedar Island and Ocracoke-Swan Quarter ferry operations have been suspended for Tuesday afternoon, September 3, due to high winds, per an ...

The first-ever Labor Day Lighthouse 5K on Monday, September 2, drew a crowd of approximately 125 participants who were treated to sunny weather and amazing views of the scaffolded Cape Hatteras ...

The Blockhouse Point Lighthouse is a 12.8 metres (42 feet) tall, square-tapered wooden tower lighthouse with an attached two-storey lightkeeper’s residence. The lighthouse was built in 1876 as part of ...

Hansons Richmond For 50 years, ten signed prints by Spanish artist Salvador Dalí had been hidden in a garage in London. Now, the colorful lithographs are headed to auction, where they’re ...

Tens of millions of years ago, South America and Africa were part of the same land mass, an ancient supercontinent called Gondwana. At some point, the two continents we now know started to pull ...

The colorful prints were uncovered when the expert was called to a property in Mayfair, central London, to give the customer an assessment of some antiques at the property. But the visit took a ...

NPS Talk: Life on a Barrier Island: 2:30 pm. Outside the Discovery Center. Mini Bar at Ocracoke Coffee: Bead by the Sea jewelry making class, 6-8 pm Morning Bird Walk, 8:30 am. Meet at the NPS ...

Text and photos by Caroline Branan I have had the special privilege of visiting Ocracoke Island annually with my family ... An old lightkeeper house, renamed West Light Field Camp, and lighthouse ...