i had a great experience. Staff friendly, knowledgeable and helpful!…read moreVery efficent. The line to check in flowed smoothly. I was renewing and updating my license to the NCID. I took serveral documents and the lady at the front seperated out what was needed. So when they called my number i had exact documents in hand. Wait was fairly short. Thanks for being so helpful!

Awesome experience. Got an appointment, showed up 15 minutes early. No line whatsoever. Gave the…read morepaperwork and got a license. Done in less than 10 minutes.

This place is a dream!…read more This Victorian house museum is located in Kernersville, NC, about a 10-minute drive of Winston-Salem (about an hour drive north of Charlotte).  My wife and I came here for the first time during Christmas week to celebrate my birthday, and what a treat it was! I mean, WOW! We absolutely loved it. The entire house features 22 rooms, 7 stories, 15 fireplaces and the first little theater in the U.S., and as you will see from the posted photos they do a beautiful job decorating it for Christmas.  Parking is free but a bit limited, so make sure to make it ahead of time. Also, I highly recommend purchasing tickets ahead of time as the house gets pretty tight where there are large groups of people.  Overall, 100% recommended.

What a great experience! This house is so cool with so much rich history. Highly recommend checking…read moreit out on a cold winter day or rainy day. Great way to spend an hour or two. We took an hour and a half. We went during Christmas time and it was extra special! The staff was kind and full of knowledge on the place. A must see!

The name "Yadkin" itself likely derives from the Siouan word "Yattken", which may mean "big trees"…read moreor "place of big trees," first recorded by explorer Gabriel Arthur in 1673. European settlement began in earnest around 1748, when traders Morgan Bryan and George Forbush moved their families to the banks of Deep Creek. Squire Boone, father of the famed frontiersman Daniel Boone, also brought his family to the region in the 1750s. Yadkin County was officially formed in 1850, carved from the southern portion of Surry County to resolve political divisions. The Yadkin County Courthouse is a modest structure. Just two stories, it is composed of buff-colored brick and concrete, with a flat roofline and a clean, modernist profile. This design emphasizes horizontal lines and simplicity, typical of postwar public buildings that favored utility over ornamentation. Inside, it houses the County Superior Court and District Court for North Carolina's 23rd Judicial District, continuing its role as a hub of local governance and justice. There is parking nearby but keep in mind that cell phones and other things are not permitted inside. So you won't have interior pictures unless they're official. [Review 1015 of 2025 - 4361 in North Carolina - 24569 overall]

Outstanding service! David, at the passport desk was professional, kind, hubby, and efficient. He…read moreis service minded and ready to help. That's the kind of guy I want to deal with when renewing my passport. Outstanding! PS- avoid the Hanes Mall USPS. NOY the same experience at all

This location was helpful and treated every customer with respect. I applied for a passport as a…read morewalk-in and they were considerate and took care of me quickly. This was NOT true at the Hanes Mall location. I wish I had come here first!

On 11-16-2023, I had a bad attack of sciatica. I could not walk or get out of bed. I had my husband…read moreto call Surry County Emergency. Worst thing to have done.There was two that was inexperienced but the main one Dusty Jackson was hateful and rude to me. He said they didn't have to help me.I was in so much pain and it took them forever to take me to the hospital. It is no wonder that people have died in these people's care if he is in there.

I had an emergency on Saturday night. The paramedics came, took excellent care of me. Very…read morerespectful and very professional. The paramedic in the back of the ambulance with me, Nathan, talked to me and took care of my medical needs on the way to the hospital. He was so nice and respectful. I would recommend these guys anyday.

Can't complain! Got there at 7:00 am, the line was around the back. It moved super fast. Home by…read more10:00ish!

I am still determining what happened to the old DMV, but this has been the most disorganized agency…read moreI have seen. I had my picture taken in June they gave me a paper stating my license would arrive in the mail in 7-15 days. Well, in late September I was informed that "whoever they contract with is behind or something", heck I can't even remember the story. But long story short the representative stated someone from DMV would call me to come back in and retake the photo FREE of charge. Well, here it is OCTOBER 2024, no call. So, I decide to walk in and inquire. I got here at 10:00 am. Now here it is 2:18 pm and the line only goes down 2%. I am confused.. are people no longer working? Has the state lowered the wages or cut benefits, on vacation or what? This is ridiculous. There needs to be a better process. I'm tempted to go into their breakroom, and find myself a light blue shirt, and get behind the computer. Heck, I can type your name and take a picture of you and say NEXT... Come on East Market Street, you got to do better.

Located on a corner that could use some trimming of the undergrowth, this marker remembers a local…read more It reads, "Hardin Taliaferro, 1811-1875. Humorist, minister, and editor. Wrote Fisher's River Scenes (1859), a collection of folk tales with local settings. He was born 2 miles Northwest." There is much more information online. "Taliaferro (1811-1875) portrayed the mountain people amongst whom he grew up in a more sympathetic light than was typical of the genre. Young Taliaferro (pronounced "Tolliver"), born and raised on Little Fisher's River in Surry County, worked as a tub-boy in the grist mills of the relatively isolated area, where storytelling was a principal form of entertainment. He moved at age eighteen to Tennessee where he married and six years later moved to Talladega, Alabama, where he worked as a tanner during the week and a preacher on Sundays. Soon all other work "was distinctly secondary to his passionate commitment to the ministry of Christ." In 1855 he became editor of the South Western Baptist. He would remain an editor until his retirement back to Tennessee in 1872." "In 1857 Taliaferro paid a return visit to Surry County where he began to write down sketches and anecdotes about his old neighbors. In 1859 Harper and Brothers of New York published the work under the title Fisher's River (North Carolina) Scenes and Characters By "Skitt," "Who Was Raised Thar". Taliaferro had a particular talent for catching the local dialect. His narrations used the ironic, mock-heroic tone typical of humorists of his day and later of Mark Twain. The publisher commissioned thirteen steel engravings to accompany the tales. Aside from nine other sketches published in the Southern Literary Messenger between 1860 and 1863, the book accounted for the whole of his non-religious writing. His work received little critical comment until its rediscovery in 1934 by folklorist R. S. Boggs. In 1937 Guion Johnson drew on the sketches to portray life in antebellum North Carolina." "Fishers River, North Carolina: Scenes and Characters" is available on Amazon, https://www.amazon.com/Fishers-River-North-Carolina-Characters/dp/1163272590/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=hardin+taliaferro&qid=1598835556&sr=8-1. [Review 13750 overall, 1071 of 2020, number 2525 in North Carolina.]

In downtown Winston-Salem, the current Forsyth County Courthouse doesn't try to charm you with…read moreornate flourishes as much as it asserts itself with the clean, modern lines of a government building built for heavy daily use. The present courthouse, completed between 2020 and 2023 is a six-story brick, concrete and glass structure with a flat roofline and a two story steel and glass porch on its west front. Inside, it holds 17 courtrooms and 3 hearing rooms, all arranged along escalators and public elevators that make the building feel more like a contemporary civic center than a traditional courthouse. What makes this site interesting is how it sits in a long lineage of Forsyth County courthouses. The previous courthouse, completed in 1976 and known as the Forsyth County Hall of Justice is still standing, as is the even earlier 1897 courthouse that was remodeled in 1926/1927 and later converted into apartments. Forsyth County itself was formed in 1849 from part of Stokes County and named for Colonel Benjamin Forsyth, a War of 1812 officer who was mortally wounded in battle. The courthouse sits in the middle of city shaped by a unique civil merger. Winston and Salem began as separate towns, one a Moravian settlement dating to 1766 and the other established in 1849. After an unsuccessful attempt in 1879, the two communities finally voted to consolidate in 1913, creating Winston-Salem and setting the stage for the city's rapid twentieth century growth. The building is easy to visit and photograph though parking in downtown during the week can be a challenge. And note that cell phones are not permitted inside the building, not even in the lobby. On a Saturday morning, it was easy enough to find a spot and walk around the site easily. [Review 615 of 2026 - 4703 in North Carolina - 25796 overall] I am making my way through all 100 of North Carolina's county courthouses and recording them in https://www.yelp.com/collection/bgSlwoF6jU6MHqVx1fJ_oA. This is number 74!

Located -175 N Chestnut St, Winston-Salem, NC 27101 I really…read moredread going into any courthouse; however on this particular busy Monday right around noon, I had the pleasure of speaking with the Clerk of Courts Supervisor This lady was absolutely wonderful, and took care of me changing my court date. She allowed me to explain my reasoning for the date change and asked me to allow her to go and speak with the judge/magistrate to see what the possibilities were. I have to give a huge thank you to you and your staff for making my visit so pleasurable. You didn't make me feel like I was bothering you or your colleagues at all. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!