That part of the United States is awesome. Look up Lake Waccamaw, which is a natural lake that is rather large not too far from there. There are actually two species of fish endemic to it. The Waccamaw silverside and the Waccamaw darter. My mother-in-law lives in that part of NC. Some very interesting ecology. For those of you in the Midwest who are familiar with fox squirrels that are orange/black in color, the ones in that area are insane! Some of jet black with white eye patches, others are silver with black eye patches and a few are other strange colorations. Just a neat part of the country.
