Best places: Tourist Attractions in North Carolina

Discover the best places in North Carolina, curated using our unique algorithm blending 'Top Rated' and 'Most Reviewed' establishments. Uncover the city's gems and must-visit locales for an unforgettable experience. This list contains 1.2K places from Tourist Attractions category.

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Navitat Canopy Adventures
Adventure sports
Attraction offering guided zipline tours through the forested terrain of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
5.00 (2.9K reviews)
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The Exit Games | Escape Room
Escape room center
👍👍 We did Dog Gone Ally and loved it! Each clue led you to another. It was very well put together and was appropriate for the story line. I hope to be able to do their other rooms. Also, Alex was an awesome GM! She was very knowledgeable about the room and started us off with a great story line. Thank...
5.00 (2.3K reviews)
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Outer Banks Kayak Adventures
Canoe & kayak tour agency
👍👍 I cant even begin to explain how wonderful of an experience this was! Our guide Gavin was absolutely amazing and extremely knowledgeable about the area, he made me and my daughter feel very comfortable and confident in our abilities (literally our first time kayaking). We decided after leaving our t...
5.00 (1K reviews)
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Sarah P. Duke Gardens
Botanical garden
55-acre public gardens with 5 miles of walking paths, a koi pond & an amphitheater.
4.90 (7.4K reviews)
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Mount Mitchell State Park
State park
1,946-acre park on the highest peak east of the Mississippi, with camping, hiking & panoramic views.
4.90 (4.8K reviews)
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Fury 325
Roller coaster
Steel roller coaster with a chain lift, speeds reaching 95 mph, & a 325-ft drop.
4.90 (4.3K reviews)
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Nerd Escape Room Raleigh
Escape room center
👍👍 My husband and I have done all of their escape rooms (either with one or two other people), and they are all so fun and challenging! The clues and puzzles are so innovative and clever; they go far beyond just trying to figure out lock combinations. I’ve tried other escape rooms in the triangle area...
5.00 (728 reviews)
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Airborne & Special Operations Museum Foundation
Army museum
Vast museum on U.S. army, airborne & special ops with exhibits, a theater & a motion simulator.
4.90 (3K reviews)
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Lake Lure Flowering Bridge
Community garden
This historic bridge was built in 1925 & closed to traffic in 2011 to become a flower garden.
4.90 (3K reviews)
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Mingo Falls
Tourist attraction
120-ft. waterfall on the Cherokee Indian Reservation reached by a 0.4-mi. access trail.
4.90 (2.6K reviews)
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South Mountains State Park
State park
Rugged mountain park with 80-ft. waterfall, 47 miles of trails, trout fishing & equestrian camping.
4.90 (2.5K reviews)
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Exit Strategy
Escape room center
👍👍 My family and I had an AMAZING time at Exit Strategy. Brandon was so helpful, attentive and patient. Although we didn’t complete it, we had so much fun trying. I highly recommend this place for family fun or a night out with friends.
4.90 (2.4K reviews)
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Duke University Chapel
Church
Interdenominational campus church featuring a sizable tower, neo-gothic design & 3 pipe organs.
4.90 (2K reviews)
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The Gorge Zipline
Tourist attraction
Adventurous, guided zipline tour through a canopy of trees, stopping at platforms along the way.
4.90 (1.8K reviews)
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Exit Strategy North
Escape room center
👍👍 Went here for my mother's birthday and called ahead to see if they would lay out some presents throughout the room as a nice little surprise and they were more than accommodating and hid them in very good spots! Both Elana and Anna were phenomenal both as staff to accommodate my request and as game...
4.90 (1.2K reviews)
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Uptown Indigo
Event venue
👍👍 There aren’t enough words to say the wonderful things about Uptown Indigo. The space is GORGEOUS. It’s industrial, it’s chic, it’s feminine, it’s vintage… all in one. The owner, Angela is an artist and genuinely puts love into every inch of that place. Kayla the bartender will make you want to take...
5.00 (525 reviews)
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OBXscape Rooms
Amusement center
👍👍 OBXcape has been a staple of our annual vacations. You will not regret going to this establishment. It's not a room you escape but an experience, Each game I've played has been multiple rooms with special lighting and sound effects fitting the theme, the owners go so far as to even give us prison...
4.90 (1K reviews)
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Sassafras All Children's Playground
Playground
👍👍 Hands down one of the Top Three playgrounds in the Greater Raleigh Are! It is big, it is spread out, and it has a hundred options of play places for your kids. There’s stuff for little ones to do abs just as much stuff for bigger kids to do. There’s sand, there’s cable slides, there’s swings, slides...
4.90 (898 reviews)
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ZipQuest - Waterfall & Treetop Adventure
Adventure sports center
👍👍 We went for my birthday and had so much fun! We did the longer one with waterfalls and it was beautiful. Mason & Hannah were awesome and made sure everyone was safe at all times but also made sure we were having a good time.
4.90 (865 reviews)
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Battleship North Carolina
History museum
Exhibits memorializing the battleship's service in World War II plus a visitors center & gift shop.
4.80 (9.7K reviews)
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