I grew up often visiting the Gulf Coast, where beach days meant soft white sand, slow sunsets, and the hum of cicadas in the pine trees just beyond the dunes. However, something about the North ...

Stay at the Atlantis, a vintage 1960s lodge in Pine Knoll Shores with ocean-view rooms and complimentary beach chairs. See the wild horses on Cape Lookout National Seashore. Rent a kayak or ...