10 things every UNC fan must do when visiting Chapel Hill

Posted Nov 15, 2024
Locals call it Blue Heaven and it doesn’t take long to understand why. Virtually everything in town is painted the color of the sky. Even the firetrucks are Carolina Blue, the signature color of the university that made the picturesque town on the Western point of North Carolina’s Research Triangle famous. There’s more to Chapel Hill than just UNC. (Saturday Down South)

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