Spooky Covered Bridges
Covered bridges have a nostalgic appeal for us today, quaint relics of an idyllic past. But they were obstructive, spooky, and not so popular with the people who actually had to use them.
Bateaux Ruled Our Rivers
When waterways were our superhighways, bateaux ruled the rivers. These open, shallow-draft boats did the heavy lifting that drove North Carolina's economy. They transported the bounty of upland farms to markets on the coast, and they returned with manufactured goods, coffee and sugar.