Along the Virginia and North Carolina coastlines lies 200 miles of barrier islands known as the Outer Banks. The thing that makes this place special is there are no amusement parks, no cluster of 5 star restaurants, and no endless string of bars. The 400 miles of beaches offer swimming, fishing, kite boarding, and long walks on the beach. The Wright Brothers travelled here to fly because of the consistent winds. At the Wright Bros National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills, you can see where they made their first powered flights as well as see a perfect replica of that first airplane. Farther south lies the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Here amongst the lighthouses and sand dunes, there is a National Wildlife Refuge and several U.S.Life-Saving Service Stations. If you are into sun and sand, this is the place to go.