Best places: Museums in North Carolina

38,000-sq.-ft. museum housing 300+ rare motorcycles, with related exhibits, photos & memorabilia.

Vast museum on U.S. army, airborne & special ops with exhibits, a theater & a motion simulator.

Exhibits memorializing the battleship's service in World War II plus a visitors center & gift shop.

Permanent collection spanning 5,000 years, traveling exhibits, outdoor monument park & amphitheater.

Center with history exhibits on mountain life & a farm musuem with log structures, plus a gift shop.

Children's museum featuring a wide variety of interactive displays for toddlers & school-age kids.

Venerated, distinctive, circa-1870 lighthouse offering climbs with scenic vistas.

Museum dedicated to the Petty Family's history racing stock cars & features an on-site gift shop.

14,000 acres of parkland around a scenic granite dome, offering fishing, hiking, climbing & camping.

All-you-can-play arcade featuring 75+ pinball machines & classic video games, plus beer & soda.

Exhibits on NC's geology, flora & fauna, plus fossil collections, 3D films & live-animal programs.

This park commemorating a Revolutionary War battle features statues & historical exhibits.

Large library dedicated to religious leader Billy Graham, plus his original home with tours.

👍👍 We had so much fun here. The games are well taken care of. None were out of order during our visit. $12 all day! Wrist band allows you to leave for lunch and come back to play.

👍👍 Beyond anything my mind could have imagined! I love history sooo immensely! This place is a history lover's dream! Information around every single twist and turn. Amazing setups and actual objects from various eras in time. You can easily spend hours here and still have tons to discover and learn. I...

👍👍 This is a must visit attraction! The customer service and guidance is remarkable. My friends booked a tour of the museum for my Birthday and it was so fun from beginning to end. The owner and guide takes her time and gives the tour guest an unique experience. Even after the tour she makes sure that...

👍👍 What a place! A must see, no really just go you won't be disappointed. It's crazy cool the games work and you can play them by the hour or for an awesome all day price.

👍👍 This is a lovely shop with indoor and outdoor arts for sale. Customer appreciation day was busy for them and fun for visitors

👍👍 Absolutely enjoyed our first outing at Aurora Fossil. They have 3 separate areas for you to explore to find fossils and an awesome exhibit of teeth, bones, history, and geographic measures of how these are located, found, and still lay. This museum is free along with pit searching. They do rely on...

👍👍 This place is amazing!! This is an operational grain mill with a large water wheel. It also has an absolutely gorgeous pond and dam feeding the mill with water. The general store is filled with nostalgic candies and foods. The staff member there had an amazing excitement to her when she spoke of t...