The 23 Top Things to Do in North Carolina, USA

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8.  Explore The North Carolina Museum of Art

 

This museum is located in Raleigh. It spans an area of almost 130,000 square feet and was originally built to house a collection of almost 150 American and European sculptures and paintings purchased by the state for one million dollars in 1947. Today, the collection covers a period of over 5,000 years. Highlights here include a large collection of Rodin sculptures, Egyptian funerary art, and the attractive Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park.

9.Check Out Cape Hatteras National Seashore

 

This place in the Outer Banks includes goes from the edge of the Ocracoke inlet to the Oregon Inlet’s borders. While many travelers travel here to simply sit on the soft sands, there are other things to see here too. For example, there is a trio of historic lighthouses. 

You can visit two of them. Both the Bodie Island Lighthouse and the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse are seasonally open to the public. They both offer stunning views of the Atlantic Ocean, Bodie Island, and Pamlico Sound. 

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