The Duke Mansion: A 1915 Myers Park Landmark of Gardens and Grace
Behind its gates on Hermitage Road, beneath Myers Park’s famous willow oak canopy, the Duke Mansion keeps Charlotte’s grandest story. Built in 1915 and expanded...
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Family Art Days Uptown: Mint, Bechtler and Gantt for Young Creators
Tryon Street might be the most art-filled few blocks in the Carolinas — and its museums love nothing more than small hands making big art....
Carolina Raptor Center: Where Eagles Learn to Fly Again
Along a wooded trail at Latta Nature Preserve, some of the sky’s fiercest hunters stare back at you. The Carolina Raptor Center — part museum,...
Matthews Heritage Museum: Small-Town Carolina, Lovingly Kept
Inside the 1879 Massey-Clark House on Matthews’ Trade Street, the Matthews Heritage Museum keeps the memory of the town Charlotte grew around. When cotton was...
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...
