Cottages in the Nags Head Cottage Row Historic District can be traced back to the mid-1800s. Most of the cottages began as shacks constructed from flotsam (planks and timbers salvaged from shipwrecks).The Albemarle Sound, between Nags Head and Roanoke Island.Antique outboards in-house at the Roanoke Island Maritime Museum.The generally scorned – but some say delicious – Blow Toad (northern pufferfish).