Riverwalk

Jacksonville's Riverwalk Oktoberfest is underway, offering visitors a beer garden, running races and bratwurst-eating contests along the waterfront. The festival brings a Bavarian-style celebration to the North Carolina city, drawing locals out for seasonal food, drinks and competition. Local coverage highlights the mix of family-friendly racing and lighthearted sausage-eating bouts as the event's main attractions this year.

A scenic photograph of Wilmington's Riverwalk at sunset is being shared with travel-focused hashtags, including TravelThursday and TravelPhotography. The image highlights the North Carolina riverfront, a popular destination for walkers and photographers, and is part of the recurring Thursday travel-sharing trend in which people post pictures of destinations they have visited.

The Northman, a restaurant on the Chicago Riverwalk, is celebrating Oktoberfest, drawing coverage from ABC7 Chicago. The venue is serving traditional German food and beer as part of the seasonal festivities along the riverfront. Locals and visitors are being encouraged to stop by and join the celebration.

A traveler describes an after-dinner walk along the Riverwalk stretching along the Cape Fear River in Wilmington, North Carolina. The waterfront path includes a long boardwalk segment that connects to Water Street, lined with restaurants, bars and shops along its length.

Photographers across social media are posting autumn woodland and river scenes, with one landscape shot described as '99% Autumn' drawing attention. The seasonal sharing wave highlights the peak of fall foliage, as nature and landscape photography communities swap images of red and gold woods and riverside walks.