CNN

 CNN’s travel section recently picked up Coastal Living’s article about the “9 Coastal Wonders to See,” and the Outer Banks is one of the nine esteemed locations. 

The article also links to Coastal Living’s “Top 10 Road Trips” that highlights Outer Banks’ Rt. 12.   

Here’s what the article has to say about the OBX:

OUTER BANKS, North Carolina

Why go? The Outer Banks includes vast beaches, salt marshes, and maritime forests of loblolly pines and live oaks. Waves sculpt the shoreline, and huge dunes migrate in the wind. Over time, says East Carolina University geologist Stan Riggs, the Outer Banks land has formed and collapsed and formed again. Humans try to preserve the roads, bridges, homes, and businesses from the unstable environment, but “protecting” the barrier islands with sandbags and jetties has worsened erosion and starved the shores of sediment.