North Carolina Lighthouses
View North Carolina’s famous lighthouses while relaxing to the sounds of the seashore!
The Outer Banks
The official site for tourism in and around the famous Outer Banks area.
Countdown to Kitty Hawk
“Centennial of Flight” countdown news: The centerpiece of this celebration will be the flight of
a new 2003 Wright Flyer — the only accurate flying reproduction of the original — at Kill Devil Hills, N.C. on Dec. 17, 2003, 100 years to the date of that remarkable
first flight. (This site is not only beautiful, but full of great historical information and photographs.)
Wright Brothers National Memorial
Visit the monument dedicated to these visionaries who made the first successful sustained power
flights in 1903.
Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC
The famous castle built by George Vanderbilt over a century ago with acres of gardens.
Grove Park Inn
One of the American South’s oldest and most famous grand resorts, built in 1913, overlooking the
Asheville, N.C. skyline and the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Grandfather Mountain
Grandfather Mountain, highest peak in the Blue Ridge, is the only private park in the world designated by the
United Nations as an International Biosphere Reserve.
Tweetsie Railroad
Located in the beautiful Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina in Blowing Rock, just off the Blue Ridge
Parkway. Since 1957, thousands of
visitors to Tweetsie Railroad have enjoyed a "blast from the past" as they visit a western town, hop aboard an historic steam locomotive for a 3 mile trip around the mountain, pan for gold, enjoy toe-tapping music and dancing, visit animals in the petting zoo and take in the beautiful mountain scenery.
North Carolina Zoo at Asheboro
The North Carolina Zoological Park, with more than 500 acres in its African and North American
continental regions, is a place of wonder and discovery. It is the country's largest and finest walk-through, natural-habitat zoo.
NC Museum of Natural Sciences
The new North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences with four floors of exhibits include four
great whales, the world's only Acrocanthosaurus and Willo, the dinosaur with a heart! Located in Raleigh, NC.
NC Museum of Life and Sciences
Visit the Magic Wings Butterfly House, pilot a spacecraft and touch a tornado in hands-on science
and technology exhibits for all ages. Meet native Carolina wildlife on a train ride through the Nature Park. Located in Durham, NC.
Discovery Place
Charlotte's uptown hands-on science museum, Discovery Place, provides ever-changing, entertaining facilities that foster experiences in areas that range
from life science to space exploration. Visit Discovery Place, IMAX Dome Theatre and its planetarium.
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