Things to do across North Carolina

Explore nine levels of a World War II battleship, from the gun turrets to where the crew ate and slept.

Wilmington, NCTransit: reachable by public transit

Ride a ferry to undeveloped barrier islands for shelling, wild horses and a diamond-patterned lighthouse.

Harkers Island, NC

Reconstructed colonial governor's residence and historic site in New Bern, North Carolina.

New Bern, NCTransit: reachable by public transit

A fine art museum in Wilmington, North Carolina, known for rotating exhibitions and a collection with regional ties.

Wilmington, NCTransit: reachable by public transit

A nonprofit fossil museum in rural Beaufort County, North Carolina, with a fossil park where visitors can dig for their own fossils.

Aurora, NC

A national cemetery in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, established in 1867 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

New Bern, NCTransit: reachable by public transit

A Civil War-era Confederate fort on North Carolina's coast that guarded the Wilmington port until Union forces captured it in 1865.

Kure Beach, NC

A state-run living history farm near Pinnacle that shows rural Piedmont life around 1900.

Pinnacle, NC

A family-run zoo in Wilmington, North Carolina, that has operated since 1952 and houses a wide range of animals.

Wilmington, NC

Look for wild Venus flytraps on the trails, climb Sugarloaf Dune and launch a boat onto the Cape Fear River at a free park south of Wilmington.

Carolina Beach, NC

See the raised hull of the Confederate ironclad CSS Neuse and the artifacts pulled from it at a state history museum in downtown Kinston.

Kinston, NC

Paddle the historic Dismal Swamp Canal or hike and bike swamp roads and a boardwalk into the Great Dismal Swamp on the Virginia line.

South Mills, NC