WHERE IT ALL BEGAN

This web site will be looking at ships that have sunk off the Outer Banks of North Carolina dating back to the 1500's. How did I come up with this idea? My family has spent years vacationing in the Outer Banks from Corolla in the north to Salvo in the south.
Back in 2004, while shopping, I saw a map, Ghost Fleet of the Outer Banks. While others shopped for gifts to bring home, I reviewed the map and was amazed to see how many ships were lost off the Outer Banks Coast. I walked out of the store and later regretted not purchasing the map. The following year, I again saw the lamentated map in the same store. This time I would not walk out of the store without purchasing this map. As a social studies teacher, my love for history got me fascinated to learn more about all of these lost ships. And the rest is history...