Brevard, NC, is best known for its natural setting as the “Land of Waterfalls,” its abundance of outdoor recreation options, including hiking and mountain biking, and its population of white squirrels. It’s also recognized for charming downtown with its unique shops and restaurants.
We visited Brevard in September 2025 and will be posting images from there. Here are the photos of its Main Street.
Corner Streets Brevard
Main Street Brevard
W Main Street, Brevard
Located in Explore the Wild at the Museum of Life and Sciences, Durham, NC wolf habitat features two red wolves (Canis rufus), ambassadors for a critically endangered species that was once common in North Carolina.
In addition to the Magic Wings Butterfly House, we saw this black bear resting at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, NC.
The butterflies in the genus Idea are sometimes called Paper Butterflies or Tree Nymphs, because of their delicate, translucent wings. They boast a distinctive, graphic patterned appearance, veined and spotted with black markings. Here are these large nymph butterflies around flowers at Magic Wings Butterfly House, Durham, NC.
Also known as the paper kite butterfly, rice paper butterfly, large tree nymph, or in Australia the white nymph butterfly, it is a butterfly known especially for its presence in butterfly houses and live butterfly expositions. It has a wingspan of 12 to 14 cm. Here is one at Magic Wings Butterfly House, Durham, NC.
Julia butterflies are found (in the US) primarily in the southernmost parts of Florida and Texas. The host plant for Julia butterflies is passion vine. Here is one at Magic Wings Butterfly House in Durham, NC.
The postman butterfly, common postman or simply postman at the Magic Wings Butterfly House in Durham, NC. It gets its distinctive name because of its daily travel route, which is the same from day to day, from flower to flower, just like a postman on his route from postbox to postbox every day.
A colorful evening sky during sunset over Hickory NC
A Brilliant Colorful Evening Sky