Road Trip: Guilford Battleground Park
Sometimes, to learn more about the namesake of your city, you have to take a road trip. And that is the case if you want to learn about Joseph Winston, the man for whom the...
Category: Road Trip
Road Trip: Cumberland Knob on the Blue Ridge Parkway
The Blue Ridge Parkway was conceived as early as 1906, when Joseph Hyde Pratt proposed a scenic road be built in western Virginia and North Carolina. He called the road “Crest of the Blue...
Road Trip to Pilot Mountain
You might have missed the fireworks at Pilot Mountain. No, they were not part of the July the 4th, 2018, celebration. Fireworks appeared at Pilot Mountain on September 30th, 1967. They were postponed from earlier in...
Road Trip: More Myrtle Beach
Myrtle Beach was once dotted with many small travel motels and cottages. There were also many large hotels, such as the Ocean Forest Hotel, which stood for many years along the Grand Strand. Another...
Road Trip: Myrtle Beach and the Pavilion
Myrtle Beach was a summer vacation destination for Winston-Salem residents for many years, especially in the days when the North and South Myrtle beaches were undeveloped. Myrtle Beach had the vacation cottages and small...