NORTH CAROLINA - Axe-throwing facilities continue to increase in popularity! 

One in particular, Urban Axes, which was established in 2016, is coming to Durham this year.

It already has locations in Philadelphia and Austin. It will also be arriving in Baltimore in 2018 as well.

On their website, Urban Axes says, "The sport of axe throwing was invented about five minutes after the first axe was created, however it was traditionally undertaken in an outdoor environment, far away from urban environments. Our aim is to take axe throwing out of the woods and into the bright lights of the big city."

A similar concept is in Charlotte, called Lumberjaxe, in the Belmont neighborhood.

According to Lumberjaxe, they are the Southeast's "first axe-throwing company." 

Many axe-throwing facilities across the country dually operate as bars.