North Carolina's best photos inspire us in this dazzling collection, perfect to display in home or office, to give as a gift, or keep as a treasured souvenir. Teaming with fresh perspectives of natural wonders, people, foods, culture, art, and architecture, readers will return time and again to lift spirits and simply to be awed. Every dazzling photo captures an essential aspect of North Carolina in a manner that is guaranteed to yield new insight.An unparalleled collection of images of our great state, a sampling of topics includes wild horses, Durham, Charlotte, Greensboro, Roanoke, Wilmington, the Outer Banks, Nags Head, Ashville, the Great Smokey Mountains, the Appalachian Trail, the Blue Ridge Parkway, waterfalls, fishing, fall foliage, sand dunes, windsurfing, scuba diving, rock climbing, surfcasting, owls, bears, blue crabs, sea turtles, cotton fields, tobacco fields, blue grass and old timey music, moonshine, NASCAR, bar-b-que, lighthouses, Pelicans, the Biltmore Estate, and so much more.