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The Outer Banks are technically a giant sandbar, rising from the sea off the coast of North Carolina 4,000-5,000 years ago. Today, they are a popular vacation and fishing destination. One of the islands in particular has a long and mysterious history. On August 18, 1587, the first English child was born in the new world on one of the Outer Banks islands. This island, called Roanoke, is infamous as its entire settlement mysteriously disappeared without a trace. “The Lost Colony” sat off the coast of North Carolina- then a part of Virginia- and remains one of America’s most fascinating unsolved mysteries.
The Outer Banks are technically a giant sandbar, rising from the sea off the coast of North Carolina 4,000-5,000 years ago. Today, they are a popular vacation and fishing destination. One of the islands in particular has a long and mysterious history. On August 18, 1587, the first English child was born in the new world on one of the Outer Banks islands. This island, called Roanoke, is infamous as its entire settlement mysteriously disappeared without a trace. “The Lost Colony” sat off the coast of North Carolina- then a part of Virginia- and remains one of America’s most fascinating unsolved mysteries.
