Lawrence Lewis Jr. opened the 151-room Blockade Runner in 1964 and sold it to Joseph Baggett in 1971. The Baggett family sold ...

Reveling in the beauty of Antarctica aboard Quark UltramarineNow that I was finally here among glaciers as big as warehouses, colonies of penguins and curious whales, I could see why so..

North Carolina’s Atlantic Coast beaches, barrier islands, outer banks, and oceanfront cities like Wilmington ... This New Boutique Hotel in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains Has Fire ...

Park your car at the hotel, you won’t need it for ... time to your weekend trip to Wilmington. Wilmington is near two great North Carolina beaches: our favorite is Wrightsville Beach, but ...

After more than 50 years, a Carolina Beach hotel was in the midst of tough times. According to an article in the Jan. 19, 1995, Wilmington Morning Star, the Hotel Astor was set to be auctioned off ...

Built in 1970 and formerly known as the Hilton Wilmington Riverside, Hotel Ballast still stands ... it also has commanding views of the USS North Carolina located across the river.

I first visited Wilmington, NC in 1999 in travel writer mode when ... The Blockade Runner Resort, a sage grand-ole-dame of a ...

The best times to visit Wilmington, North Carolina ... including the Cape Fear Serpentarium and Battleship North Carolina. Still, hotel rates and vacation rentals are at their highest, as are ...