A speck of an island off the coast of North Carolina has held a special place in Robin Kent Pittman's heart. Quaint Portsmouth Island, located several miles west of Cape Hatteras along the Outer Banks ...
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North Carolina's once-bustling island village is now a ghost town with a pristine beach and coastal beauty
If you're looking for a unique vacation experience, North Carolina has you covered with a remote island that comes complete with its own ghost town.
If early colonists had been better birders, the Portsmouth island that overlooks the mouth of the Elizabeth River might be known today as Heron Island. Instead, settlers named the spot for the ...
Portsmouth Village has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1978 but little has been documented about the enslaved African-Americans who lived and worked in the once-bustling ...
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