The NCMA has numerous galleries spread throughout two buildings, as well as a 164-acre park with an extensive trail system and many outdoor art pieces. Admission to the galleries and park is free. Stand under the "Stargate" sculpture (trio of Gyre rings) where Jacob proposed to Ashley!

The largest natural history museum in the southeast, and an affiliate of the Smithsonian! It has free admission. Every native North Carolinian went here at least once (probably multiple times) on a school field trip when they were a kid!

Miles and miles of hiking trails and so much natural beauty!

Embrace your inner Willy Wonka! There's also soft serve ice cream and various coffee creations. And, of course, CHOCOLATE.

A hilly and almost surreal park with some of the only Eastern Hemlock trees in the area.

It's a really big mall! (Unless you're one of our Minnesotan guests, in which case feel free to laugh at this claim. We don't all get to shop at the Mall of America, okay?) There's a Cheesecake Factory here!

For our guests with kids ages 10 and under! Described as "innovative and wildly popular" by visitRaleigh website.