Museums
Museum of the Albemarle
No admission feeA regional history museum in Elizabeth City that focuses on the Albemarle area of northeastern North Carolina.
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Currituck Beach Lighthouse
Climb 220 steps inside an unpainted red brick lighthouse for views of Currituck Sound and the Atlantic.
1101 Corolla Village Rd · Corolla, NC
About Currituck Beach Lighthouse
Completed in 1875 from about one million bricks, this 162-foot lighthouse was left unpainted so its red brick would set it apart from other coastal lights. You can climb the 220 steps to the outdoor gallery for views over Currituck Sound, the Atlantic Ocean and the northern Outer Banks. Its first-order Fresnel lens is the original and still lights every night. The brick-path grounds and museum shop sit in Historic Corolla Village.
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Wright Brothers National Memorial
Under $25Stand where the Wright brothers first flew in 1903, walk the flight line and climb to the granite monument.
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Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
No admission feeCoastal national historic site on Roanoke Island marking early English colonization, a Reconstruction-era freedmen's settlement, and early radio experiments.
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Elizabethan Gardens
Check pricesA waterfront garden on the Outer Banks, set inside Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and run by a nonprofit.
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Roanoke Island Festival Park
Under $25A living-history park on Roanoke Island with a replica 16th-century ship, a recreated first English settlement, and an Outer Banks history museum.
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