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On the first day of her trip across North Carolina on the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, veteran Erin Brennan is making sense of new gear, new routines, and a new beginning with the help of Warrior Expeditions, a group that treats hiking like therapy.

How was the Mountains-to-Sea Trail created? And what kind of people would hike the whole thing? In the season premiere, we find out what it takes to build a trail across North Carolina, and then walk it.

In the latest season of Our State's podcast, we take a trip down North Carolina's Mountains-to-Sea Trail. All 1,175 miles of it.

A replay of Season 1, Episode 3, entitled "As High As You Can Get." It's the story of a man who climbs to the top of 2,000-foot-tall television broadcast towers to change the light bulbs, and how he remains calm in an environment that most of us would consider to be frightening.

Jeff Postell was 21 and working the overnight shift as a police officer in a small North Carolina town when he made the arrest that would change his life.

To see what outsiders see when they look at North Carolina, we take a close look at The Andy Griffith Show from the view of an insider who moved to the real life Mayberry.

For years, Robert Humber lived virtually alone on his own private island off the North Carolina coast. He thought he had everything he needed. Then, he got a knock on the door.

A New Yorker shows up in a small North Carolina town, and starts hearing about ghosts. Then bigfoot shows up. In this episode, we go looking for both, and find out what it means to believe.

Curtis Johnson puts on small house-style concerts in an out-of-the-way place, and the shows keep everyone coming back for more.

Christina Koch was once a kid growing up in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Now, she's living on the International Space Station. In this episode, we go back to school to find out how she turned her dream of becoming an astronaut into reality.

From Season 1: A trip to a cemetery that's only reachable by boat reveals a story about progress, a national park, promises made, and promises broken. Along the way, we meet the woman who kept hope alive, and kept a sacred spot from being forgotten.

Did a black woman from Mooresville create the image of President Roosevelt on the dime? A search for the truth reveals the facts that matter, and the facts that don't.

A man fell hundreds of feet down a mountainside, and ended up in a treacherous spot in North Carolina’s most rugged place. This is the story of a his rescue, recovery, and return.

How a fourth-grade class's bill about fruit turned into one of the strangest political debates in North Carolina, and led one state senator to take drastic action.

A sneak peek at the new season of Our State magazine's podcast. New episodes begin April 15.