North Carolina

North Carolina
Asheville
Biltmore Estate
Biltmore Estate McDonald’s (opulent and classy- flowers/piano)
National Gingerbread House Competition


Beaufort
Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge

Chapel Hill
Mama Dip’s (pies, Southern food, wraparound porch, biscuits)3
?Time-Out (Tarheel Favorite--chicken-and-cheddar biscuit)3

Charlotte
Bar-B-Q King (vinegar-based sauce, hush puppies, carhop service, pork)3
Price’s Chicken Coop (drive-thru)
Bar-B-Q King

Durham
Backyard BBQ Pit (open-pit barbecue, chopped pork)
Wimpy's Grill (burgers: Carolina, Garbage; no tables or chairs-eat in car while in parking lot)
Blue Seafood (Diablo Del Mar--egg and mac n' cheese)
Four Square Restaurant
Nosh Restaurant (fried green tomato sandwich)
Dain's Place (burgers)
Daisy Cakes (bakery)

Franklin
Scottish Tartans Museum

High Point/Hickory
(discounted furniture)

Kitty Hawk
Wright Brothers Museum

Lexington
BBQ Festival (pig races, October; pork shoulder w/ barbeque slaw)
Lexington BBQ (since 1952; sweet tea, hush puppies, sandwiches)3

Mebane
A&M Grill (pork barbeque, unlimited ice tea, sweet slaw, hush puppies)

Nag’s Head
First Colony Inn (huge porches w/ rope hammock swings)

New Bern
Firemen’s Museum

Old Salem
Old Salem Tavern (German)

Raleigh
The Pit (Southern: barbecued pork)
The Roast Grill (chili, hot dogs)
Time-Out Chicken (Southern: mac n' cheese, barbecued chicken, Tarheel Favorite--chicken cheddar biscuit)3

Shackleford Banks
dunes, forests, wild ponies on beach, kayaking

Winston-Salem
Krispy Kreme Factory/Store


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Mayberry Days (Andy Griffith Show)
New River (canoeing)
Nantahala National Forest (Turtleback Falls)
Cape Hatteras National Park
Roanoke Island (history)
Pea Island (birding)
Ocracoke Island (accessible only by ferry)
Blue Ridge Parkway
?Cherokee National Forest (Bristol to Chatanooga, TN)
Theodore Roosevelt Natural Area- Knoll Shores aquarium, canoeing)