List of sites of interest in Charlotte
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The following is a List of sites of interest in the Charlotte metropolitan area:
- Afro-American Cultural Center, preserves, promotes and presents African-American art, history and culture
- BareBones Theatre Group, a cutting-edge alternative theatre company operating out of the NC Blumenthal Performing Arts Center
- Belmont Abbey College and Basilica, on the historic registry for the college, the monastery and grotto
- Billy Graham Library, on the grounds of the headquarters of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
- NC Blumenthal Performing Arts Center
- Carolinas Aviation Museum, dedicated to the preservation of historic aircraft
- Carolina Raptor Center, dedicated to the conservation and rehabilitation of birds of prey
- Carowinds, a regional amusement park located on the border of North and South Carolina
- The Charlotte Comedy Theater, Charlotte's only professionally trained improv theater and training center.
- Charlotte Communities a blog all about Charlotte
- Charlotte Convention Center, a convention center located uptown housing numerous events of interest.
- Charlotte Museum of History
- Children's Theatre of Charlotte, one of the top youth theatres in the country
- Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden, a 111 acre (0.5 km²) botanical garden located in Belmont
- Discovery Place, a science museum and IMAX Dome theater
- Gaffney Peachoid The Gaffney Peachoid an hour south of Charlotte on Interstate 85 in Gaffney, South Carolina
- Historic Latta Plantation, a cotton plantation turned living history farm
- The Light Factory-Contemporary Museum of Photography and Film
- Point8 Forum - an open forum for artists, designers and all creative individuals
- Historic Rosedale Plantation
- Historic Rural Hill Farm
- ImaginOn, educational children's library and theater
- Kings Mountain National Military Park, the site of a decisive Revolutionary War battle, located approximately 30 miles (50 km) west of Charlotte in Blacksburg, SC.
- Levine Museum of the New South, located in Uptown Charlotte, focusing on Charlotte's post-Civil War growth from a textile mill town to a financial hub
- Lowe's Motor Speedway, located in the neighboring city of Concord, NC
- McGill Rose Garden
- Mint Museums, two separate facilities, one dedicated to fine art and the other to craft and design
- Reed Gold Mine, site of the first gold find in the United States
- U.S. National Whitewater Center, facility opened in August 2006.
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte Botanical Gardens
- Wing Haven Gardens and Bird Sanctuary
