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Attractions in North Carolina

Sights, markets, museums and nights out in North Carolina, with our top choices first and then the places readers open most.

15 places

Folk Art Center

GallerySouthern Highland Craft Guild, Folk Art Center

Asheville Art Museum

MuseumAsheville Art Museum

Discovery Place Science

MuseumDiscovery Place Science

Billy Graham Library

MuseumBilly Graham Library

a large building with columns and steps leading up to it

MuseumNorth Carolina Museum of Art

Asheville Pinball Museum

MuseumAsheville Pinball Museum

a city skyline with a clock tower in the foreground

MuseumLevine Museum of the New South

Cradle of Forestry in America

MuseumCradle of Forestry in America

Sullenberger Aviation Museum

MuseumSullenberger Aviation Museum

Mint Museum Uptown

MuseumMint Museum Uptown

Museum of the Cherokee People

MuseumMuseum of the Cherokee People

brown concrete building during daytime

MuseumBechtler Museum of Modern Art

Mint Museum Randolph

MuseumMint Museum Randolph

North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

MuseumNorth Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

NASCAR Hall of Fame

MuseumNASCAR Hall of Fame

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