We all know about the Wright Brothers, Jockey’s Ridge and the Lost Colony, but what other cultural nuggets rest on the Outer ...

It’s a short but entirely uphill ride to the Park Service Interpretive Center and Wright Brothers Memorial, but well worth the exertion. An outdoor monument dedicated in 1940 (Orville attended ...

In 1912, William Tate, in whose home Wilbur stayed when he first visited Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, suggested that a suitable monument be ... when you visit the Wright Brothers National Memorial.

Before the Wright brothers took flight, John J. Montgomery made history in California skies. The Montgomery Memorial in San Diego honors this often-overlooked pioneer of aviation. In this visit, we ...

Today, a 60-foot monument in the shape of an airplane ... travelers can visit their restored hangar and home as well as the Wright Brothers Visitor Center, which houses exhibits detailing the ...

While dignitaries looked on, Tokugawa planted a live oak tree at the Wright Brothers Monument in Kill Devil Hills. And in turn, the town’s mayor sent a collection of pine tree seeds to be ...

This principle, which the Wright brothers called "wing warping," was a revolutionary break-through. In 1900 they built a full-size, piloted version of a box kite and tested its control mechanisms ...