MOUNTAINS REGION

Western North Carolina Nature Center is a living museum exhibiting and interpreting the plant and animal wildlife of the Appalachian mountains.

Mountain Heritage Center celebrates the natural and cultural heritage of the southern Appalachian region through exhibitions, publications, educational programs, and demonstrations.

Linville Caverns are natural limestone caverns with stalactite and stalagmite formations.

Beech Mountain is Eastern America's highest town at 5,506ft above sea level.

Wheels Through Time Museum is a rare antique American museum of motorcycles and automobiles.

Appalachian Cultural Museum was created to foster an understanding of the people of the Appalachian Mountains.

Other Attractions:
Pack Place Education, Arts & Science Center -
Jim Bob Tinsley Museum
Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
Flat Rock Playhouse
Historic Johnson Farm
North Carolina Arboretum
Scottish Tartans Museum & Heritage Center
Chimney Rock Park
Emerald Village
Blowing Rock Stage Company
Asheville Art Museum
Cherokee Bear Zoo
Asheville Community Theatre
Brevard Music Center
Foothills Equestrian Nature Center
Gold City Amusement Park
Gem Mountain Gemstone Mine

CENTRAL REGION

North Carolina Pottery Center

Piedmont Environmental Center provides programs and a place for people to learn, conserve, and enjoy the natural world.

Rankin Museum of American Heritage is on the history and cultures of early American life; beginning with the Native American occupation and continuing to the present.

Airborne and Special Operations Museum provides a unique educational experience on US history and basic core values through the preservation interpretation and recognition of US

SciWorks is a fun place to learn about science.

Afro-American Cultural Center preserves, promotes and presents African-American art, history and culture to all citizens of Charlotte-Mecklenburg and the nation.

Other Attractions:
North Carolina Museum of History
Iredell Museum of Arts and Heritage
The Broach Theatre
Morehead Planetarium
Carolina Raptor Center
Chinqua-Penn Plantation
Blue Heaven Basketball Museum
Discovery Place
The North Carolina Transportation Museum
Triangle Metro Zoo
North Carolina Botanical Garden
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art
Ackland Art Museum
Greensboro Coliseum Complex
Furniture Discovery Center
African American Cultural Complex
Raleigh City Museum
Museum of Life and Science
Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden
Cape Fear Botanical Garden
Paramount's Carowinds
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art Greensboro Children's Museum
Greensboro Cultural Center at Festival Park
Imagination Station Science Museum
Mint Museum of Art
Museum of Anthropology
Carolina Theatre
NC Blumenthal Performing Arts Center
North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame
North Carolina Museum of Art
North Carolina Zoo
Emerald Pointe Water Park

COAST REGION

Battleship USS North Carolina beckons visitors to walk her decks and envision daily life as well as fierce combat situations.

Frisco Native American Museum contains collection of native American artifacts, exhibits, and natural history displays.

Other Attractions:
Aurora Fossil Museum
Core Sound Waterfowl Museum
North Carolina Maritime Museum
Airlie Gardens
Cowan Museum
Orton Plantation Gardens
North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher
The Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum
Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts
Tryon Palace Historic Sites and Gardens
North Carolina Aquariums
Buckner Hill Plantation

NATIONAL PARKS

Cape Hatteras National Seashore: Once dubbed the "Graveyard of the Atlantic" for its treacherous currents, Cape Hatteras provides a wide variety of recreational opportunities.

Blue Ridge Parkway is a 469-mile recreational motor road that protects the cultural and natural features of the Blue Ridge while connecting Shenandoah and Great Smoky Mountains National Parks.

Appalachian National Scenic Trail is a 2,167-mile (3,488 km) footpath along the ridge crests and across the major valleys of the Appalachian Mountains from Katahdin in Maine to Springer Mountain in north Georgia.

Other Attractions:
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Cape Lookout National Seashore
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
Moores Creek National Battlefield
Wright Brothers National Memorial

THINGS TO DO

Great Smoky Mountains Railroad is a scenic train journey across fertile valleys, through tunnels and across river gorges in a spectacular region of eastern America called the Great Smoky Mountains.

Frisco Native American Museum contains a nationally recognized collection of Native American artifacts, exhibits, and natural history displays.