Zebulon Vance is undoubtedly North Carolina’s most prolific politician, with three terms as governor and four in the United States Senate (though he was only allowed to sit three.) He earned the nickname of “Mister North Carolina” and has monuments and statues dedicated to him in Washington D.C., Raleigh, and Asheville. His birthplace is tourist … More Five Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Zebulon Vance

The first thing anyone visiting the grave of William Sydney Porter (O. Henry) in Riverside Cemetery will notice are the pennies placed on the top of his headstone. Which always begs the question, why? Though no one is sure of exactly when the tradition was started or by who, we know that for the past … More O. Henry’s Pennies