This post may seem a bit outdated considering that 1,000 Places to See Before You Die was a New York Times bestseller in 2003, but the points of interest highlighted by author, Patricia Schultz, are timeless, and the Outer Banks made the list of highlights!

Here’s an excerpt from the book about the OBX: 

Some of the most unusual and beautiful beaches on America’s Atlantic coast can be found in North Carolina’s Outer Banks, a string of skinny barrier islands that stretches 150 miles from the Virginia border to the southernmost point at Cape Lookout and Beaufort, a charming mainland town first settled in 1710. The candy-striped Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is the most famous structure on the Outer Banks and the tallest of America’s lighthouses.