Thursday, July 27, 2017 10:00 AM by Laurie Paolicelli
There’s a 350-year-old tree on the campus of the University of North Carolina, known as the Davie Poplar. It’s over 100 feet tall, and if you were able to climb to the top of it (you’re not) you could
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Chapel Hill is most famous as the home of the University of North Carolina, the nation’s first state university. The town essentially grew up around the university and much commercial activity depends
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The fall and winter holidays are a beautiful time of year in North Carolina. It’s the time of year when friends and family choose to visit from colder climes.
At the Visitors Center, we get a lot of
... Read ArticleTuesday, August 23, 2016 10:00 AM by Neil Offen
There are lots of wonderful trails for vigorous hiking or biking in Orange County. Occoneechee Mountain, Duke Forest and the Pumpkin Trail in the Carolina North forest, among many others, all are
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In August, some 29,000 students, plus faculty, will be back for a new academic season. With them they bring their energy, their curiosity and their spirit. They remind us of the reason we’re here and
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