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Cape Hatteras National Seashore (2.8M), Farmer's Market Asheville (2M), North Carolina Historic Sites (1.7M), North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (748K), Wright Brothers' National Memorial (714K), North Carolina Zoological Park (626K), North Carolina Aquariums (558K), North Carolina Ski Resorts (544k) and Guilford Courthouse National Military Park (530K).
From the North Carolina Piedmont, Mountains and Coast popular activities include Bird Watching, Fishing, Rafting with Kids in the Smokies, Walks and Hikes or family vacation attractions like pirate Blackbeard’s ship ...Less [-]
(discovered in the Beaufort Inlet) which is featured at the North Carolina Maritime Museum in Old Beaufort (much as it was in 1722). The Pirates of the Caribbean movie should spur new, perhaps cautiously temporary, interest.
From the standpoint of B&B business opportunities, a cultural tourism sleeper might be worth exploring in culture-rich cities like Raleigh-Durham ... boasting an irrestible blend of Piedmont beauty, big-city excitement, and Carolina charm. Visit North Carolina, Fodor’s, Frommer’s Guide, See America and TripAdvisor.com offer additional recommendations for places of interest ... places where guest can "see and do."
Recommended Lodging at Bed and Breakfast Inns:
Select Registry, Distinguished Inns of North America
…“even steel magnolias are entitled to a little pampering now and then. It just so happens that this is the specialty of resort spas south of the Mason-Dixon Line [… and] road signs that insist, PULL OVER, SLOWPOKE….” SHANE
MITCHELL, T+L contributing editor for Southern Comforts, Mint juleps and fried green tomatoes aren't the
only indulgences found below the Mason-Dixon Line. Spas with an antebellum twist are popping up like kudzu at some of the South's finest resorts.