Nearly half of the towns on the list were located in WNC. Here's what WorldAtlas writers suggested doing in each one.

Southern Living magazine has a history of fondness towards Western North Carolina and fall color ... Now, the magazine is praising forests, byways and towns as seasonal best.

Wall St. Insights Nationwide, the cost of living tends to be higher in cities than in places outside of major metro areas ...

Few states do autumn as well as North Carolina. Here’s where to go to see the best fall foliage in NC this season.

Mountain towns ... in North Carolina in the Southern Appalachians for the last 20 years, and while the Southeast is often overlooked for adventure and mountain culture, we have a bevy of cities ...

Cowboy culture going mainstream has translated to economic opportunities for cities and towns with a Western heritage. This summer, 1.5 million fans attended the Calgary Stampede to experience the ...

Much of the towns of Carolina Beach and Kure Beach were underwater Monday as an unnamed coastal storm dumped as much as 15 inches of rain in the southeastern corner of North Carolina over a 12 ...

Parts of southeastern North Carolina were experiencing "life-threatening flash flooding'' Monday as a potential tropical system brought rain totals usually not seen in hundreds of years, weather ...

Much of the towns of Carolina Beach and Kure Beach were underwater Monday afternoon as a still-unnamed coastal storm dumped more than 8 inches of rain in the southeastern corner of North Carolina over ...

Romania is one of the EU’s largest and most culturally diverse countries. Take an hour’s drive in any direction and you’ll ...

WorldAtlas released a list of 10 "undiscovered" small towns in North Carolina, including several locations in Western NC ... vibrant cities" that they labeled as undiscovered - and worth discovering.