This article was written for our sponsor, the City of Wilson. Since its inception, Wilson's Whirligig Festival has been a big attraction for the eastern North Carolina city, attracting around 20,000 ...

If you don’t know what a whirligig is, head for a unique festival this weekend in Wilson, North Carolina. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a whirligig as “a child’s toy having a whirling motion, ...

Comet McNaught, the Great Comet of 2007, has been delighting those who have seen it with the unaided eye as a spectacular display in the evening sky. Pushing ESO’s New Technology Telescope to its ...

A whimsical new park opens in Wilson on Thursday followed by a weekend-long festival that has become a precious tradition for the community. Less than an hour away from Raleigh, the 13th annual N.C.

WILSON, N.C. (WNCT) — Wilson is our latest stop in our month-long Living Local segments. Each weekday in July we are taking a look at cities and towns around Eastern North Carolina to find out what ...

WAUPUN — Ken Gedamke, who will be 88 this fall, can’t sit still. Long after his retirement, he has crafted dozens of clocks, made dozens of improvements around the house on Rock Avenue, and has ...

BALTIMORE (WJZ)-- The American Visionary Art Museum has received a $50,000 state grant to preserve its giant whirligig, a 55-foot tall kinetic sculpture located outside the museum. North Carolina ...

When a breeze brushes through the field just below Vollis Simpson's machine shop, you can hear the sounds of metal clanging against metal and of Ferris wheel-like contraptions turning. But the ...

Comet McNaught, the Great Comet of 2007, has been delighting those who have seen it with the unaided eye as a spectacular display in the evening sky. Pushing ESO's New Technology Telescope to its ...

Editor's note: The American South’s Unexpected series explores unique and unusual destinations across the Southeast. We will take you off the beaten path to highlight artistic, historic, and quirky ...

(This is the ninth story by this journalist in an occasional series revealing “Hidden America” — worthy travel destinations unknown by most Americans.) Vollis Simpson was a character. He was a North ...