46K views · 311 reactions | Happy birthday to the City of Oaks!  Founded Dec. 31, 1792, Raleigh, N.C., is closing the book on another incredible year and celebrating 226 years strong! | visitRaleigh | Facebook

22K views · 283 reactions | Hundreds of people crowded around M-60 in Spring Arbor for the town's 50th annual Memorial Day parade, bringing together members from the community to celebrate the sacrifices made by U.S. military veterans. (Jackson Ranger| MLive.com) | MLive.com | Facebook

THIS weekend (and next!). One of America’s most spectacular gardens (and one of Raleigh’s finest hidden gems), @juniperlevelbotanicgarden is hosting spring open house days May 3-5 and May 10-12 (two of the eight weekends per year that the gardens are open to the public). The gorgeous 28-acre campus, founded by Raleigh native Tony Avent, showcases more than 27,000 different types of native perennials, exotic plants and rare specimens of trees and shrubs not found many (or any!) other places on ea