From the beautiful Smoky Mountains to the scenic Outer Banks, North Carolina has a range of inviting big cities and smaller ...

North Carolina is a unique state in that it has every kind of beauty you can think of – from the coast to the mountains, ...

Two Gaston municipalities made a list of the best nine places to live in North Carolina, here's what one leader has to say ...

The study considered safety, affordability, economic strength, education and health care, and quality of life.

Southern Living readers ranked the "50 Best Beach Towns in the South 2025" and three in North Carolina made the list: ...

Ten thousand Southern Living magazine readers voted for their favorite spots in a series of "best of" lists for 2025.

A North Carolina destination boasts a “peaceful” setting — and is one of the best places to retire, a new report finds. The small mountain town of Tryon ranks among the nation’s top places ...

But two Southern cities – one a bustling research hub, the other the "poultry capital of the world" – rise above the rest. Raleigh, North Carolina, is the nation's "best-performing" large city ...

Many of the 20 best cities to move to in North Carolina are in the Triangle and Charlotte metro areas, a new study says. But Raleigh and Charlotte did not make the cut. The ranking from ...