It is always interesting to find a new exhibit to discover more about his history, so we all enjoyed this exhibit. This includes music, flags, toys, books, swords, music, maps, weapons, old bottles, Blackbeard scale ship models, art and even a life-sized figure of Blackbeard. Part of the setting takes place at a fictional magazine office and a house in Nags Head. Was Blackbeard's treasure found? It traded hands a few times until it ended up in storage at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA. The infamous Blackbeard was born Edward Teach, and was one of Ocracoke Island's most frequent and most notorious visitors in the early 1700s. Grsu Observation Terrace is in Service Soon with Panoramic Bursa View. Blackbeard: "The fiercest pirate of them all". The state governor during the Golden Age of Piracy, Charles Eden, was widely thought to simply ignore the activities of pirates along the coast, in exchange for an under the table share of the spoils. Kids of all ages will enjoy Teachs Hole! In 2007, Ocracoke became America's #1 Beach! During this time, he also developed the name "Blackbeard" as a nod to his appearance and his notoriety as a cruel and violent pirate. By Fall of 1718 he was back on the water again, attacking ships as they passed the Outer Banks. Named in honor of the treacherous scallywag, Teachs Hole is a delightful stop for kids of all ages. Pull up a chair, Matey, and I'll tell you a tale The Outer Banks are a temperamental mistress. Actual items from that ship, after spending nearly 300 years in the waters of the Outer Banks, will be displayed at the N.C. Transportation Museum Jan. 16 through March 29, 2020. If climbing the 257 steps of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse isn't your idea of enjoyable exercise, there's always hiking and hang gliding, kayaking and kite boarding, fishing and crabbing, sailing and surf boarding. SPENCER, N.C. (WBTV) - In 1718, the famed and feared pirate, Blackbeard, ran his flagship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, aground near what is now known as Beaufort Inlet. No questions have been asked about this experience, Teach's Hole Blackbeard Exhibit (Ocracoke) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go. This incident put Edward Teach on the map as one of the region's most dangerous and fearless pirates. There have also been reports of a headless Blackbeard wandering the beaches of Ocracoke Island, searching for his lost head while holding a lantern. Artifacts from the wreck can also be seen at the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum in Hatteras, the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh, the Museum of the Albemarle in Elizabeth City,and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., while Historic Bath in Bath offers visitors the chance to walk some of the same paths that Blackbeard would have walked. More than 300 restored artifacts from Queen Anne's Revenge are on display at the North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort. The exhibit features a life-like recreation of Blackbeard, a weapons display, old bottles, original art, a pirate flag display, ship models, and interactive activities. Update your listing by messaging us The waters off North Carolina's Outer Banks are called the Graveyard of the Atlantic because of the over 2000 ships that have wrecked here. It is not a big exhibit but it is very well done. There are also some good historical, kid's fictional, and Pirate Legends and Ghost Ships books available here. Winds could be calm, but surely you'll face some blustery conditions at some point on your journey. It's free to visit the museum, though donations are encouraged.