The Schiele Museum: Natural History Adventures in Gastonia
Twenty-five minutes west of Charlotte, the Schiele Museum of Natural History has been the region’s cabinet of wonders since 1961. Its halls sweep from dinosaurs...
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President James K. Polk State Historic Site: A President’s Carolina Roots
America’s 11th president was born in a log cabin in what is now Pineville, just south of Charlotte. The President James K. Polk State Historic...
Reed Gold Mine: Where America’s First Gold Rush Began
California’s gold rush had a Carolina rehearsal. In 1799, young Conrad Reed found a 17-pound yellow rock in Little Meadow Creek on his father’s Midland...
Wing Haven: Gardens and a Bird Sanctuary in Myers Park
In 1927, Elizabeth and Edwin Clarkson began planting their Myers Park garden for one audience: the birds. Wing Haven, now a beloved Charlotte sanctuary, wraps...
Historic Rosedale: Charlotte’s 1815 Plantation House and Gardens
Nine acres of gardens and quiet hide one of Charlotte’s oldest treasures on North Tryon Street: Historic Rosedale, an 1815 Federal-style plantation house built for...
Mint Museum Randolph: Art in the Original 1836 Mint
Before it held paintings, this building minted gold. Mint Museum Randolph stands in Charlotte’s elegant Eastover neighborhood inside the 1836 United States Mint — moved...
Charlotte Nature Museum: First Animal Encounters in Freedom Park
Some museums are cathedrals; the Charlotte Nature Museum is a treehouse. Tucked into Freedom Park and run by Discovery Place, it’s designed for the youngest...
Billy Graham Library: A Barn, a Cross and an American Story in Charlotte
Billy Graham was Charlotte’s most famous son — a dairy farmer’s boy who preached to more people than anyone in history. The Billy Graham Library,...
Sullenberger Aviation Museum: Where Flight — and a Miracle — Live
It is the most famous airplane in the world that never reached its destination — and it lives in Charlotte. The Sullenberger Aviation Museum (formerly...
Harvey B. Gantt Center: African-American Art at the Heart of Uptown
The Gantt Center’s staircase-inspired architecture rises from a powerful idea: African-American culture belongs at the center of the city’s story — literally, on South Tryon...
