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Things to Do in North Carolina
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Coquina Beach
Outer Banks, North Carolina
Public access to a beach is usually par for the course in the Outer Banks. But if you're making a day trip to Cape Hatteras or Nags Head, spend some...
Beach
Discovery Place
Charlotte, North Carolina
This hands-on science museum engages kids from the moment they walk in the door in physics, dinosuars, weather forecasting, and architectural engineering....
Science & Nature Museum
Latta Plantation Park
Charlotte, North Carolina
The Historic Latta Plantation House has it all—costumed re-enactors, a bird of prey rehabilitation sanctuary, and pony rides....
History Museum
Zoo
Wildlife Sanctuary
Horseback Riding
Western North Carolina Nature Center
North Carolina Mountains, North Carolina
Get to know the plants and animals that live in the Appalachians at the WNC Nature Center. Interactive education programs that bring kids up close...
Nature Center
Wildlife Sanctuary
Charlotte Nature Museum
Charlotte, North Carolina
How long can your preschooler stand still? When she wants a butterfly to land on her shoulder, longer than you think. This is a small, lovely museum that is the right scale for young children....
Science & Nature Museum
Concord Mills
Charlotte, North Carolina
If your child is itching to spend that allowance, there's no better place to do it in North Carolina than Concord Mills, home of more than 200 stores and a go-cart racetrack....
Racetrack
Shopping Mall
Forest Discovery Center
North Carolina Mountains, North Carolina
This forest conservation educational center is a small treasure. Kids go underground to see what lives under the forest floor, scramble around finding animals for a scavenger hunt, and play...
Science & Nature Museum
The Health Adventure
North Carolina Mountains, North Carolina
This modest-sized, hands-on, health-and-science museum is scaled just right for young kids. They're drawn to PlaySpace, an enclosed area for kids under 6, where they'll stage...
Science & Nature Museum
Looking Glass Falls
North Carolina Mountains, North Carolina
If you drive along the Blue Ridge Parkway and US 276, you'll have no doubt why Transylvania County is known as the "Land of Waterfalls." One of the most popular...
Hiking
Roadside Landmark
Lowes Motor Speedway
Charlotte, North Carolina
Lowes Motor Speedway is home to some big NASCAR races. For a more kid-friendly experience, try the Summer Shootout Series to see entertaining events like CRASHcars, where the cars have names like T-Wrecks and Krashy the Clown....
Racetrack
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