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Reyna Drake/WFDDThere’s a High Country tradition that starts in August. Supposedly, it helps predict how many snowfalls the area will get during the winter. It’s called “Beans in a Jar.” For this week’s Carolina Curious, WFDD’s Reyna Drake discovers what’s behind the longstanding Appalachian ritual. -
Courtesy National Park ServiceFor the last several months, the pedestal that once held the statue of Major Joseph Winston in Guilford Courthouse National Military Park has been empty. WFDD’s Amy Diaz answers a Greensboro listener’s question about the status of the monument for this edition of Carolina Curious.
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Is Bigfoot lurking in North Carolina's forests? A Carolina Curious listener wanted to know. We dug into the state's Sasquatch lore for this week's Carolina Curious. -
The nonprofit is looking to raise $250,000 by June 30 to support improvements at a preserved shotgun house. -
WFDD listener Judith Rush recently asked how exactly the beverage became the drink of the South. For this edition of Carolina Curious, WFDD's DJ Simmons spoke with an award-winning food writer and educator to learn more. -
On Thursday, Aggie Nation will engage in acts of service as a tribute to Jackson, who was an alumnus of the school. The civil rights advocate and icon died in February. -
Secret tunnels. A mysterious brick. Machine guns?? For this edition of Carolina Curious, we traced the rumors under Winston-Salem and found ... more than we expected. -
The British military leader was a key figure in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse during the American Revolutionary War. -
In the 1980s and 90s, hang gliders regularly launched from a site near a broadcasting tower in the Sauratown Mountains. Then the flights stopped. Here’s what happened. -
Alexander Silbiger is the keynote speaker for a Holocaust remembrance event hosted by the Forsyth Tech Foundation, MUSE Winston-Salem, Temple Emanuel and the North Carolina Council on the Holocaust. -
The clash paved the way for American forces to defeat the British in the Revolutionary War. -
You probably learned about the Boston Tea Party in history class. But you might not have heard about the Edenton Tea Party — a women-led protest for the same cause along North Carolina's coast.
