Ocracoke is more secluded but as beachy as more popular towns in Outer Banks, North Carolina. Instead of Miami, try exploring more laid-back beach towns in South Walton, Florida. As a DC-area ...

The town of Duck, located at the northernmost point of the Outer Banks, landed at No. 8 on USA Today’s 10Best coastal small towns in the U.S. “Named and famed for the massive flocks of ducks ...