Carolina Sandhills
Just south of the state line lies a nature-lover’s dream: acres of water, wildlife, and wonder
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The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island
Lessons from the course that played host to the 2012 PGA Championship
New to You: Five Antique Festivals Just a Road Trip Away
THE BEST THING about an antique is that it had an owner, maybe two or three, before you. Someone else held it, stored it, worked with it, dented it, molded it. When you purchase an antique you don’t just purchase…
Johnson City, Tennessee
Where people from all over the world go to immerse themselves in the music of the mountains
The Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden
In Bishopville, South Carolina, one man’s plant project has inspired people for three decades
The Story of Charlotte, Part 11: A Time of Unrest
In the 1960s and early 1970s, Charlotte tears down a neighborhood and disperses its people, a young lawyer fights for civil rights, and the buses roll
The End of The Penguin
Auctioning off old times at a Plaza Midwood landmark
Plaza Midwood Community Radio: The Music Makers
The online station shares good tunes with friends
Good-bye, 77
A frustrated resident of northern Charlotte speaks out
Talk of the Crown (March 2015)
From Chiquita to charter schools to the NASCAR Hall of Fame, 2015 is off to a turbulent start. Here are some of the highlights.
Spring Allergies 101
WHY IS everyone sneezing this time of year? Will a spoonful of honey help? And how do you keep from tracking a trail of pollen into your home? Dr. Maya Jerath, director of the UNC Allergy and Immunology Clinic, and Dr.…
Steph Curry, Star of Stars
Remembering Davidson's Steph Curry before he was the most popular basketball player in the world
On the Fourth Day in Chapel Hill
A portrait of a reeling college town in its most difficult week
How Dean Smith Convinced the Hornets to Draft Muggsy Bogues
And other stories of note about the legendary coach
A Tight Schedule: A Day in the Life of a Charlotte Cross-Fit Instructor
BRENDAN MCNEIRNEY wants to beat you in horseshoes. He wants to beat you in soccer. And he’ll even settle for beating you in beer pong. █ This article appeared in Charlotte magazine’s Health, our new supplement focused on health, fitness, and wellness. Want to…
F3: Fitness, Fellowship, Faith
The F3 craze started here with 35 men. Four years later, thousands of participants in multiple states meet for predawn workouts designed to build better men
A Growing Goal
At Carolinas Medical Center, a new limb-lengthening program brings innovative surgical care to the Charlotte region
The Passionate Ones
From the executive editor
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools tweets 'Good morning!' and students respond by hating on CMS
Why it's actually a good sign that kids are responding to even the most inane tweet.
The Disciplined Life: Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Johnson works out every morning. He drives his daughter to preschool. He says the right things and drives the right way and makes friends wherever he goes. In the rowdy world of NASCAR, he’s the sport’s most consistent winner, year after year. This is not an accident
Interstate 485 is the Anakin Skywalker of Highways
How a vital road can turn to the Dark Side so quickly.
Grounded: Cheryl Stearns
Grounded Cheryl Stearns was on a mission to collect her 20,000th skydive, until things down on earth got complicated By MICHAEL GRAFF Photographs by LOGAN CYRUS On November 12, 2014, a warm Wednesday with one of those storybook Carolina blue…
The Story of Charlotte, Part 10: Fights for Independence
A battle over Sunday blue laws yields to a much larger war after news reaches Charlotte that Pearl Harbor’s been bombed. But when that’s over and the soldiers return home, racial tensions rise and a new, controversial expressway cuts through east Charlotte
The Origins of Passion
What do an Ebola survivor, a tuba player, and an aging runner have in common? A reason for doing what they do
Marsh Magic at SwimMAC Carolina
The best coach you've never heard of is building an Olympic dynasty in Charlotte
Life Zero
Can we ever finish every little task, and should we even try
By Design: The Spoke Easy
THE SPOKE EASY is a customized bike shop that offers the reward of a good brew after a hard workout. The do-everything store on Elizabeth Avenue relocated from South End in November. It now offers a group bike ride on…
Remembering the Big One
Charlotte’s reaction to last February’s snowstorm: panic and dog parkas
