National Geographic Traveler on the Lighthouse Coast of North Carolina

One of the travel magazine’s “Drives of a Lifetime” is the 114 miles from Corolla to Ocracoke Village:

Stand on the metal walkway that encircles the lantern room of the Cape Hatteras Light, some 165 feet above ground, and you’ll sense that this towering sentry, which has been saving lives since 1870, is still vital to today’s passing mariners. Looking east, you watch the relentless swells of the Atlantic Ocean paw away at the beach, continuously redrawing the contours of this coast.

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Road trip! Outer Banks is Coastal Living’s No. 2

The magazine names its choices for the Top 10 best road trips in North America. We’re number two!

Why we love it: Map aficionados can’t help but be drawn to this arch of islands curving out from North Carolina’s coast like a spinnaker taking wind. Small towns dot the islands’ landscapes of dunes and long, sweeping beaches. (Nights in Rodanthe was filmed here.) Create a circuit by taking U.S. highways 17, 158, and 64. Back on the mainland, weave through marshlands and historic towns like Edenton.

And what better time to take a nice drive than the fall?

State Library of North Carolina provides key to online collections

In this world of information overload, locating information online can be a challenge and may require traveling from one institution to another to gather a complete view of a topic. The State Library of North Carolina’s NC MOSAIC (Managing, Organizing, and Strengthening Access to Institutional Collections) brings together in one online location links to important collections of government information including maps, publications, records, and historical documents that have been made available on the Internet by academic institutions or government agencies in North Carolina.

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The premiere issue of ARTSYNC magazine is online

ARTSYNC Magazine is a new North Carolina publication dedicated to celebrating all Art forms! See the inaugural issue here.

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Countdown to ArtSync Magazine

ArtSync Magazine is on track to launch March 2.

In the first issue you’ll find the Top 10 Cover Contest Finalists, “The History of NC Punk Rock: 1977-1984″; a profile of Revonda Roberts & Harvest Wind, contemporary bluegrass band; a National Artist Profile of Robert Williams; a North Carolina Artist Profile of potter Betsy Sellers; “The Print Process,” an interview with Zach Schaeffer of Image Monster and more.

ArtSync Magazine selects its cover winner

The artist is Bruce Mitchell from Durham, N.C. The cover will be revealed on its launch date, March 2, 2009. You can visit the ArtSync site and view the top ten entrants, along with a sneak peak of what’s to come in the magazine’s first issue.