#Laterpost: Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

One of the cooler places Josh and I visited during my blog hiatus the other week was Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. Despite its spooky name, Kill Devil Hills has an awesome claim to fame: it's where the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, created, and took flight in, the first powered airplane. It's also the only thing that ever happened in Kill Devil Hills, and boy, do they milk that for all it's worth. The following are pictures from the Wright Brothers National Memorial:

The memorial is on a large hill, so that when visitors climb to the top, they have a great vantage point (much like the Wright brothers must have had during their successful flights). It's located in the Outer Banks, so the view is not bad.

Wilbur Wright's majestic bust.

I would definitely recommend visiting the memorial. There's also a small museum on the property that has a model of the airplane the brothers took flight in, and some other aviation-related exhibits.