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| 1 Beaufort Historic Site | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Located on a block in the middle of a 12 block Historic District, the site contains four restored and furnished houses, courthouse, jail, apothecary and doctors office, tours given by costumed interpreters | Address 100 Block Turner Street PO Box 1709 Beaufort, North Carolina 28516 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Jacksonville, NC (50 mi) Closest Major Road: US 70 Closest Airport: Wilmington ILM | Contact Phone 919 728-5225 Toll free 800 575-7483 | ||||||||||||
| 2 Duke Homestead State Historic Site and Tobacco Museum | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Home of the creator of one of the first tobacco product manufacturers, featuring activities that demonstrate tobacco farming and manufacturing techniques. Included are the main house | Address 2828 Duke Homestead Rd Durham, North Carolina 27705 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Durham Closest Interstate: I-85 exit 175 Closest Airport: Raleigh-Durham Intl RDU | Contact Phone 919 477-5498 | ||||||||||||
| 3 Elizabeth II State Historic Site | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Island Park contains the berth of the Elizabeth II sailing vessel, with costumed interpreters spinning sea yarns. | Address 1 Festival Park Manteo, North Carolina 27954 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Virginia Beach VA (100 mi) Closest Interstate: US 64 Closest Airport: Norfolk, VA ORF | Contact Phone 252 473-6662 | ||||||||||||
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| 4 Fort Fisher Historic Museum | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Confederate Fort which protected Wilmington harbor from Federal blockade until January 1865. Remnants of defensive works that once included one mile of sea defense and 1/3 mile of land defense | Address 1610 Fort Fisher Blvd S PO Box 169 Kure Beach, North Carolina 28449 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Wilmington NC (15 mi) Closest Interstate: US 421 Closest Airport: Wilmington International ILM | Contact Phone 910 458-5538 | ||||||||||||
| 5 Fort Macon State Park | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Five sided brick fort with 26 casemates, powder magazine, cannon emplacements, inner parade ground, museum and some restored rooms. | Address East Fort Macon Road PO Box 127 Atlantic Beach, North Carolina 28512 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Jacksonville (45 mi) Closest Interstate: SR 56, US 70 Closest Airport: New Bern EWN | Contact Phone 252 726-3775 | ||||||||||||
| 6 Fort Raleigh National Historical Site | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: 1585 fort of the "Lost Colony" reconstructed after archaeological investigation. | Address 1401 National Park Dr Manteo, North Carolina 27954 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Virginia Beach VA (100 mi) Closest Interstate: US 64 Closest Airport: Norfolk, VA ORF | Contact Phone 252 473-5772 | ||||||||||||
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| 7 Great Smoky Mountains National Park | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: One of seven visitor centers in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, this is adjacent to the Mountain Farm Museum with a farmhouse, barn, smokehouse, applehouse, and other farm buildings. | Address Oconaluftee Visitor Center 2 Mi N of Cherokee on US 441 Oconaluftee Visitor Center, North Carolina | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Knoxville, TN (65 mi); Asheville (65 mi) Closest Interstate: US 421 Closest Airport: Knoxville, TN TYS | Contact Phone 865 436-1200 | ||||||||||||
| 8 Great Smoky Mountains National Park | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Cades Cove is on an 11 mile road loop. The Cable Mill is a working mill and the center of the largest group of restored structures in the park. Farming is still permitted | Address Cades Cove Visitor Center Cades Cove Visitor Center, North Carolina | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Knoxville, TN (45 mi) Closest Interstate: US 321 to US 421 Closest Airport: Knoxville, TN TYS | Contact Phone 865 436-1200 | ||||||||||||
| 9 Historic Bethabara Park | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Site of the first Moravian settlement in North Carolina. Several buildings and a palisade fort are located on the grounds of the 175 acre wildlife preserve, as well as colonial and medicinal gardens | Address 2147 Bethabara Road Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27106 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Winston-Salem Closest Interstate: between SR 67 and US 52 Closest Airport: Greensboro Piedmont Triad Intl GSO | Contact Phone 336 924-8191 | ||||||||||||
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| 10 Historic Halifax State Historic Site | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Early Roanoke River settlement played an active part in the American Revolution and remained prosperous until bypassed by the railroads in the 1830s. | Address 25 Saint David PO Box 406 Halifax, North Carolina 27839 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Raleigh (80 mi) Closest Major Road: US 301; SR 903 to I-95 exit 169 Closest Airport: Raleigh-Durham Intl RDU | Contact Phone 252 583-7191 | ||||||||||||
| 11 Historic Latta Plantation | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Restored federal era plantation house in 1000 acre nature preserve. Main house, Store house, slave cabin, 11 outbuildings, costumed interpreters, cotton field, animals | Address 5225 Sample Rd Huntersville, North Carolina 28078 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Charlotte (15 mi) Closest Interstate: I-77 Closest Airport: Charlotte Douglas CLT | Contact Phone 704 875-2312 | ||||||||||||
| 12 Historic Stagville | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Remnants of one of the largest pre-Civil War plantations. Several original structures remain, including the Bennehan house, Horton Grove with four small houses that once held 80 slaves | Address 5825 Old Oford Hwy PO Box 71217 Bahama, North Carolina 27953 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Durham (15 mi) Closest Major Road: Bahama Rd to US 501 Closest Airport: Raleigh Durham Intl RDU | Contact Phone 919 620-0120 | ||||||||||||
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| 13 Horne Creek Farm | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: A site in progress which is trying to reconstruct the physical environment and work cycle of a family farm. Archaeologists are still busy investigating the site | Address 320 Hauser Rd Pinnacle, North Carolina 27043 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Winston-Salem (25 mi) Closest Major Road: US 52 Closest Airport: Greensboro Piedmont Triad Intl GSO | Contact Phone 336 325-2298 | ||||||||||||
| 14 Liberty Hall Historical Commission | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Main house, 10 outbuildings, gardens. | Address 409 S Main St PO Box 634 Kenansville, North Carolina 28349 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Jacksonville (45 mi) Closest Interstate: SR 11 to SR 903 to I-40 exit 373 Closest Airport: New Bern EWN | Contact Phone 910 296-2175 Toll free 800 755-1755 | ||||||||||||
| 15 Mordecai Historic Park | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: A collection of historic structures featuring a plantation house, an early Raleigh office building, church, and the house in which President Andrew Johnson was born. | Address 1 Mimosa St Raleigh, North Carolina 27694 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Raleigh Closest Interstate: US 401, I-440 Closest Airport: Raleigh-Durham Intl RDU | Contact Phone 919 834-4844 | ||||||||||||
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| 16 Oconaluftee Indian Village | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Replica of an 18th century Cherokee community. Cherokee guides explain their history and culture, and artisans engage in crafts such as pottery, canoe making, and molded clay pottery | Address PO Box 398 Cherokee, North Carolina 28719 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Asheville (65 mi) Closest Interstate: I-40 via US 441 Closest Airport: Asheville AVL | Contact Phone 828 497-2315 | ||||||||||||
| 17 Old Salem | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Community planned by the Moravians. Several buildings are open as interpreted sites which require tour tickets, other buildings are open to the public with merchants in them, and additional museums | Address 600 S Main St Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Winston-Salem Closest Interstate: US 52, I-40 Closest Airport: Greensboro Piedmont Triad Intl GSO | Contact Phone 336-721-7300 Toll free 888 653-7253 | ||||||||||||
| 18 Poplar Grove Plantation | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Peanut plantation, with the "Big House", outside kitchen, tenant farmer's cabin, craft shops, and farm equipment. | Address 10200 US Highway 17 Wilmington, North Carolina 28411 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Wilmington Closest Interstate: US 421, I-40 Closest Airport: Wilmington New Hanover County ILM | Contact Phone 910 686-4868 | ||||||||||||
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| 19 Reed Gold Mine Historic Site | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Reconstructed 1890's stamp mill and restored underground gold mine tunnels from the 1830s. Above ground is a visitor center with exhibits on gold mining and a film about North Carolina's gold mines | Address 9621 Reed Mine Rd Stanfield, North Carolina 28163 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Charlotte (30 mi) Closest Interstate: SR 200 to US 601, I-85 Closest Airport: Charlotte Douglas CLT | Contact Phone 704 721-4653 | ||||||||||||
| 20 Roanoke Island Festival Park | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Island Park contains the berth of the Elizabeth II sailing vessel, the 1585 settlement site where you can try on a helmet and touch weapons and tools of the period, an adventure museum and film | Address 1 Festival Park Manteo, North Carolina 27954 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Virginia Beach VA (100 mi) Closest Interstate: US 64 Closest Airport: Norfolk, VA ORF | Contact Phone 252 475-1506 | ||||||||||||
| 21 Somerset Place | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Antebellum plantation (1785-1865), once the center of a 100,000 acre plantation with more than 300 slaves. Site includes the elegant main house and several outbuildings, with a visitor center | Address 2572 Lake Shore Rd Creswell, North Carolina 27928 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Raleigh (150 mi) Closest Major Road: US 64 Closest Airport: New Bern EWN | Contact Phone 253 797-4560 | ||||||||||||
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| 22 Town Creek Indian Mound State Historic Site | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Reconstructed ceremonial center with Indian Mounds, major temple, minor temple, and burial hut or mortuary with visitor center. | Address 509 Town Creek Mound Rd Mount Gilead, North Carolina 27306 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Albemarle (20 mi) Closest Major Road: SR 1542 to SR 73 Closest Airport: Greensboro GSO | Contact Phone 910 439-6802 | ||||||||||||
| 23 Tryon Palace Historic Sites and Gardens | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Six major buildings, 14 acres of gardens, craft demonstrations and costumed historical characters. Three of the buildings are self-guided, the Governors palace and two other houses require a tour | Address 610 Pollock St New Bern, North Carolina 28562 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Jacksonville (40 mi) Closest Interstate: US 17, US 70 Closest Airport: New Bern EWN | Contact Phone 252 514-4900 Toll free 800 514 4900 | ||||||||||||
| 24 USS North Carolina Battleship Memorial | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: WWII battleship with audio tour of gun turrets, galley, bridge, sick bay, engine room and wheelhouse. There is a museum with a 15 minute film. | Address PO Box 480 Wilmington, North Carolina 28402 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Wilmington Closest Interstate: I-40 Closest Airport: Wilmington ILM | Contact Phone 910 251-5797 | ||||||||||||
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