There’s nowhere on earth quite like the Outer Banks, a string of wild but well-loved barrier islands off the coast of North Carolina. Learn more about our 2025 Vacation of the Year.

The best time to visit the Outer Banks is between March and May or September and November, when lodging rates drop and crowds dissipate. Most mainland North Carolina residents and out-of-towners ...

Screengrab from the Outer Banks History Center on Facebook A hotel was North Carolina’s first “safe haven” for enslaved people during the Civil War. But perils still awaited those who arrived.

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But perils still awaited those who arrived. In the 1860s, African Americans escaped to one of the state’s Outer Banks barrier islands. Hotel De Afrique opened as a place for people to stay ...

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Prices during this time are 19% cheaper for flights and 13% cheaper for hotels. Other Carolina destinations that made the lists were Charlotte and Outer Banks, North Carolina.