NC Folk Artists

Preserving North Carolina folk arts is an integral part of the folk art tradition and shares the stage with crafting and fine-tuning the various art forms. Includes audio, video, images and text about Singing, Quilting, Playing the Banjo, Throwing Pottery, Weaving, Stepping, Barbeque... each section includes interviews with artists.

Legends and Ghost Stories of North Carolina

Stories included are: The Ship of Fire, The Devil's Tramping Ground, A Speech for Buncombe, Specter at the Gold Mine, Brown Mountain Lights, Maco Light, Girl at the Underpass. The stories on this site all come from North Carolina Legends by Richard Walser.

How Do You Lose a Colony

Early settlers from England came to colonize Roanoke Island in 1587. Ships returning in 1590 found the settlement deserted. This student-created site includes background information about the colony, plants and animals of NC, photographs of costumes worn in The Lost Colony outdoor drama, games and more.