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North Carolina Aquariums 

www.ncaquariums.com

The North Carolina Aquariums, three state-supported public education facilities along the North Carolina coast, are designed to inspire appreciation of our state's aquatic environments.

North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island

866-332-3475

North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores

866-294-3477

North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher 

866-301-3476

North Carolina Zoo- Asheboro

www.nczoo.org

This world-class natural habitat park is home to more than 1000 animals from Africa, North America, and even the land down under, Australia!! Experience close encounters with chimpanzees, gorillas and polar bears. Stroll through the lush rainforest or take a walk in the desert. Kangaroos, parrots and much more await you!!

1-800-488-0444

The Country Squire Winery

www.countrysquirewinery.com

The Country Squire Winery is now open at the historic Country Squire Restaurant & Vintage Inn. Owner Iris Lennon and her daughter Loraine are both Scottish-born and are making their wine using traditional Old World methods. Sample and take home some of the finest wines in the Carolinas- produced right here and aged in the Squire's own cellars!

1-877-830-1602

Fort Macon

www.ncsparks.net/foma.html

The war of 1812 demonstrated how vulnerable our young nation's coasts were to enemy attack. Fort Macon was constructed from 1826-1834. After the war, the Fort served as a military and civil prison from 1867 until 1876, then returned to caretaker status in 1877. In 1924, it was sold for $1 to the state of North Carolina, along with its surrounding reservation, becoming the state's second public park. It remained a well visited park until the onset of World War Two. Since 1946, Fort Macon has once again become a state park and today has served well over a million visitors each year.

252-726-3775

Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens

www.tryonpalace.org

Set in the heart of a charming riverfront town founded in 1710, tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens is the place where today's state of North Carolina was born. You'll discover 200 years of amercian history with a North Carolina accent!

1-800-767-1560