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Blackbeard's Terror

Stories


Recent treasures recovered from Blackbeard's flagship reveal a new picture of the fearsome pirate

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Artifacts

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Browse through some of the 300,000 artifacts recovered from Blackbeard's wreck, the 18th-century frigate Queen Anne's Revenge

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Historic Sites


Beaufort Historic Site features two-acres of restored homes and shops that explore daily life in an 18th-century port town

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Wright Brothers Take Flight

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Brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright proved the viability of manned flight in the skies above North Carolina's sandy shore

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Artifacts

Glider Flown as a Kite, Kitty Haw, North Carolina

At the Wright Brothers National Memorial view a reproduction of the same unpowered glider flown by the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk in 1902

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Historic Sites

Wright Brothers National Memorial in Manteo, North Carolina

At Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, a National Memorial park commemorates the Wright brothers' successful flights

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