We end our series of images from Sunset Beach, North Carolina as the sun nearly fully rises from behind the clouds as captured from the balcony of our rental property.

We end our series of images from Sunset Beach, North Carolina as the sun nearly fully rises from behind the clouds as captured from the balcony of our rental property.

Unlike sunrise images from the beach, here are photos from the balcony of a rental property at Sunset Beach, North Carolina. The first image is early dawn as the sun is yet to rise and second one shows the sunrise behind the clouds.


Ironwork is so associated with New Orleans that it may come as a surprise to some that wrought iron (worked by hand) and later cast iron are Victorian additions and not original to the oldest masonry townhouses. Previous to the mid-1800s in New Orleans history, balconies and porches were bounded by tall wooden columns. Decorative ironwork, derived from Spanish architecture, mimicked another famous Spanish product: lace, and offered an ornate visual contrast to otherwise sober, handsome fronts.