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Miller's Seafood and Steakhouse

Miller's Seafood & Steakhouse has been a favorite among locals and visitors for more forty years. Offering delicious southern cuisine for both breakfast and dinner in a casual family atmosphere infused with coastal flair, it's no wonder this...

5544 - Carolina Surf

BEACH GEAR RENTAL INCLUDED! Always Included, complimentary linens and made beds! Carolina Surf is a stunning newly built "coastal cottage" which is located at MP 14 in the Moongate subdivision of The...

  • Nags Head
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 7 Bathrooms
Super Wings

Best store on the beach! Everything you need for your vacation. Largest selection of beach supplies and the best deals on T-shirts, sweatshirts and mens, ladies, and kids, apparel, swimwear and resort wear. Get all your souvenirs, suntan lotions...

1879 - Beau's Sandcastle

Always Included, complimentary linens and made beds!  Relax and enjoy! Beau's Sandcastle offers rare unobstructed ocean views and borders a nature preserve and is convenient to the beach. After you...

  • Corolla
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 5.5 Bathrooms
The Northern Outer Banks

Discover Historic Corolla Park With its wide open green spaces and scenic views, Historic Corolla Park is the heart of Corolla in Northeastern North Carolina. It's a great place to take in a seasonal event or simply take a walk, and is home to three...

415 | Livin' Large

Enjoy sweeping ocean views from this spacious, bright, and beautifully furnished South Nags Head oceanfront vacation home, thoughtfully designed for comfort and convenience. Exceptionally well equipped, this home features an Elevator with access to...

  • Nags Head
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 5.5 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 14
8/22 - 8/28
$4,995  $7,995
$3,000 off
Lost Treasure Golf

The noted explorer, archaeologist, anthropologist, paleontologist, and part-time plumbing contractor from the University of Chicago, Professor Duffer A. Hacker, led two expeditions to the outer banks in the late 1920’s. The purpose of these...

224 | Sea Glass

This Great Kitty Hawk Beach Cottage offers lots of deck space & has Wonderful Ocean Views. A Delightful Place to Vacation, this cozy home has everything your family will need while visiting the Outer Banks. It's Crisp, Cool Caribbean Inspired...

  • Kitty Hawk
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 4.5 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 10
American Pie

Discover the best homemade ice cream and authentic made-from-scratch New York Style pizza the Outer Banks has to offer at American Pie in Kill Devil Hills. An Outer Banks favorite for lunch, dinner or a delicious scoop of scrumptious ice cream after...

6301 - Dolphins & Dunes

Always Included, complimentary linens and made beds!  Dolphins & Dunes is a charming 4-bedroom, 2-bathroom oceanfront Nags Head rental ready for you and your family to enjoy. This cozy beach...

  • Nags Head
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 4 Bathrooms
The Cotton Gin

For those traveling to the Outer Banks, The Cotton Gin is a beloved landmark with its large windmill and picturesque gardens. The Cotton Gin has stood in the same location since 1929, starting as a working cotton gin and growing to a gift store with...

Chez Shea

Located in Southern Shores / 5 Bedrooms / 4 Full Bathrooms / 2 Half BathroomLocation, Location, Location! Pretty, warm, cozy and comfortable semi- oceanfront home with handsome ocean vistas and beach access directly across the dead-end street. This...

  • Southern Shores
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 4 Bathrooms
KEES Vacations

KEES Vacations offers the best Outer Banks rentals for family vacations, romantic weekend getaways and groups of all sizes looking for the perfect OBX rental for their stay. When booking with KEES Vacations, travelers can expect excellence in...

Paradise Point

SOUNDFRONT Frisco - Bayside Ct. - Savor serene, beautiful beauty at PARADISE POINT. This relaxing getaway offers nearly 50,000 sq. ft. of peaceful landscape, extending into the Pamlico Sound for privacy and solitude. The home is conveniently...

  • Frisco
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 2.5 Bathrooms
Nags Head Dolphin Watch

Scientists run these dolphin tours as part of their research on these beloved aquatic animals, so you know this will be an interesting trip. Passengers will be able to see how researchers with the Outer Banks Center for Dolphin Research, a nonprofit organization,  conduct their research and hear about some of the discoveries from more than a decade of studies and monitoring. Some of the hundreds of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins in the area show up so frequently they’ve even been given...

Bodie Island Lighthouse

The Bodie Island Lighthouse, (pronounced "Body") is located just south of the town of Nags Head and Whalebone Junction, where Highway 158, Highway 64, and NC Highway 12 intersect. Visitors travelling towards Hatteras Island can't help but notice the...

Jockey's Ridge State Park

Jockey's Ridge State Park is an unmistakable landmark for Nags Head vacationers and virtually everyone passing through along the main beach bypass, US 158. This park is marked by its towering sand dunes, which reach 80' - 100' feet tall and look...

Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Visitors to Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands will simultaneously be visiting the gorgeous Cape Hatteras National Seashore. One of the largest preserved parcels of the Outer Banks, the National Seashore stretches across 70 miles of shoreline...

Ocean bottom or Gulf Stream fishing on the Carolina-style charter boat is the only boat licensed and built to take up to 27 passengers per Gulf Stream Charter. Fish for tuna, mahi-mahi, wahoo, king mackerel, blue marlin, white marlin or sailfish...