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A North Carolina town is small, but it keeps receiving wide recognition.<\/p>\n

This time, Beaufort was named one of the six \u201cmost underrated U.S. coastal destinations to visit this summer.\u201d The town was the only place in North Carolina to make it onto the list from Yahoo Travel.<\/p>\n

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