best-selling romance novelist Nicholas Sparks set some of his most epic love stories – including "Nights in Rodanthe," "A Walk to Remember" and "The Rescue" – along the North Carolina coast.

RODANTHE, N.C. (WNCN) — A North Carolina nature area preserved for ... In addition to hiking and birding, other activities at Pea Island include fishing (line and crabbing/shell fishing ...