The "Dueling Dinosaurs" exhibit opening this weekend at Raleigh's North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences will feature what's believed to be the most complete T. rex skeleton ever discovered.

'Dueling Dinosaurs:' One-of-a-kind dig, laboratory access at Raleigh science museum

DinoLab at North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

Athens Drive Magnet High School and Conn Magnet Elementary School won national awards Saturday at the Magnet Schools of America's annual conference.

Top two magnet schools in the US are in Wake County

Athens Drive High School

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Durham residents created the Stagville Memorial Project to establish a memorial in downtown Durham in honor of those formerly enslaved at the plantation.

Durham County to create downtown memorial to honor enslaved people at Stagville Plantation

Historic Stagville Plantation: Learn the history of slavery in North Carolina, including getting to know names and faces of men and women enslaved in our state.

Durham County Investigators think someone deliberately set a small fire to Stagville Plantation in the early hours of June 1. Scott Mason, our Tar Heel Traveler, tells a different story of the historic location through the eyes of a photographer's lens.

WRAL'S JOE FISCHER JOINS >> I WANTED TO FIND LOCAL HISTORY HERE WHERE I'M FROM. >> Reporter: SHOULD FOUND IT IN DURHAM. >> IT IS BEAUTIFUL BUT THERE ARE HAUNTING STORIES. >> STAGVILLE. >> IT WAS THE LARGEST PLANTATION IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE SOUTH. >> Reporter: HOME TO THE WEALTHIEST MAN IN NORTH CAROLINA BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR. >> AND THE HOME TO APPROXIMATELY 900 ENSLAVED PEOPLE. >> Reporter: STAGVILLE, BLACK AND WAIT. >> AS AN ARTIST, I MAKE PICTURES. >> Reporter: SHE WENT TO STAGVILLE TO MAKE PICTURES OF BUILDINGS AND SHE MET THE DESCENDANTS OF SLAVES. >> I WAS AFRAID OF TALKING ABOUT THE SUBJECT OF SLAVERY. >> Reporter: SOON SHE FOUND HERSELF CAPTURING IT. >> I HAD A HARD TIME NOT CRYING. >> Reporter: SHE COULDN'T HENRY REFLECTING. >> ONE OF THE DESCENDANTS BROUGHT AN ANTIQUE MIRROR TO LOOK BACKWARD INTO THE MIRROR REFLECTING THE SLAVE QUARTERS WHERE HER FAMILY MIGHT HAVE LIVED. IT IS BEHIND HER. BUT IN ORDER TO GO FORWARD, YOU MUST LOOK BACK TO SEE WHERE YOU CAME FROM TO GET YOUR ROOTS. >> Reporter: PHOTOGRAPHER BRENDA SCOTT, SHE DID NOT SETTLE FOR MERE SNAPSHOTS, NOT SOME NARROW VIEW BUT FAR MORE LASTING IMPRESSIONS. >> I WANT TODAY FIND OUT WHO ARE. I KNEW HI TO. >> Reporter: SHE SET ABOUT TOUCHING THE PAST. NOT ONLY BY CAPTURING STILL IMAGES OF ITS SLAVE DESCENDANTS BUT BY RECORDING THEIR STORIES TOO. >> WE LIVED THERE FOR 30 OR 40 YEARS. I WAS RAISED THERE. MY FATHER WAS A SHARE CROPPER. >> THINK ABOUT # # HUNDRED PEOPLE THAT YOU HAD TO SEE, 9 THE HUNDRED PLUS EVERY DAY. >> Reporter: 900 SLAVES. TODAY PERHAPS DIFFICULT TO GRASP. >> SO YOU CAN SEE HERE BETWEEN HER THUMB AND FOREFINGER, IT LOOKS LIKE A THUMB PRINT. MARKS OF THE ENSLAVED PEOPLE WHO BUILT THE CITY. >> Reporter: THE OVERSEER OVERSEEING. >> I PUT THE VIEWER IN THE QUARTERS. LOOKING OUT THE DOOR AT WHAT WAS AT ONE TIME THE OVERSEER'S HOUSE. >> Reporter: AND THE OVERSERE IN TURN SEEING. >> LOOKING BACK AT THE SLAVE QUARTERS. SO I'M TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT BOTH SIDES. >> THE LIGHT OF HOPE. >> ALMOST BLINDING LIGHT. BUT THERE IS HOPE. GOING FORWARD THERE IS HOPE TO MAKE THINGS BETTER IF WE'RE AWARE OF WHAT CAME BEFORE US. >> THAT WAS SCOTT MASON REPORTING. THE PLANTATION HAS RESUMED

Stagville Plantation's poignant past viewed through eyes of photographer

Officials with the Durham County Sheriff's Office and Durham County Fire Marshall's Office are seeking the public's help in an arson investigation at a historic site in Durham on Monday.

Authorities seeking information in arson investigation at historic Durham site

Fire at Stagville historic site

Fire damaged a building at the Stagville state historic site in Durham County Monday morning. It was not immediately clear what caused the fire.

Fire damages building at former plantation, historic site in Durham

Fact: Addy Walker, the American Girl doll, is based, in part, on the story of a real person who lived in Durham at what is now Historic Stagville in the 1800s

Historic Stagville Coverage

Durham County to create downtown memorial to honor enslaved people at Stagville Plantation

Stagville Plantation's poignant past viewed through eyes of photographer

Authorities seeking information in arson investigation at historic Durham site

Fire damages building at former plantation, historic site in Durham

Celebrate Addy Walker, American Girl, at the Durham site where her story originated