From Charlotte Parent: With its museums, cultural events, educational attractions and recreational activities, there’s a lot for families to love about living in Charlotte. Having a major airport and being a few hours’ drive from the beach or mountains are major...

From Charlotte Five: As a frequent restaurant-goer with way too many choices, I’ve begun to choose where I dine largely by the restaurant’s impact on the community. If you’re like me and need a break from cooking, but want to dine out with a good conscience, here are...

From Charlotte Magazine: THE PEOPLE in Charlotte’s suburbs turn elections, create traffic, and feed large employers. They surround our lakes and brighten up old railroad tracks. And they’re resilient. Over the past quarter-century, the towns around our city have moved...

From The Gaston Gazette: A sweet celebration marked the grand opening of The Cotton Candy Factory Monday. The latest venture by Holy Angels, the store opened on Main Street in Belmont, alongside its sister stores, Cherubs Cafe and Candy Bouquet. The three businesses...

From Southern Living Magazine: Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden Belmont, NC This garden’s slogan is not just a tagline—it truly is Carolina’s “garden for all seasons,” with an ever-changing tapestry of colors, shapes, and textures in abundance all year long. The Canal...

From Spartanburg's WSPA7: Hundreds of thousands of people head to McAdenville, North Carolina each year to see their impressive display of Christmas lights. The entire town gets involved with the tradition, decking out every home and covering every tree in lights....

From Travelers Today: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has taken three decades of climatological measurements and combined them into a map showing the historical probability of a white Christmas across the United States. Here are five Christmas...

From News Everyday: Christmas is the best time of the year. Some people choose to stay home warm with their family, while others want to walk on unknown streets watching the twinkling lights and big Christmas trees, admire the fireworks and watch people fill with joy....

From Newsmax: When it comes to the holiday season, some towns pull out all the stops for Christmas celebrations. From parades to elaborate Nativity scenes to Old World shopping markets and visits with Santa Claus, these are the top 25 cities and towns across America...

From Fodor's Travel: Like Christmas cards sprung to life, some of America's towns go all out for the holidays. From coast to coast, these communities go to great lengths to make the season bright by decking out their streets with twinkling lights by the thousands—or...