Learn more about tobacco and the Dukes at this museum located in Durham. Housed in the original buildings used by the Dukes, this homestead museum features exhibits on the origin of tobacco farming in North Carolina and the story of the Duke family. Using animatronics, modern multimedia techniques and extensive archives, the museum explores tobacco farming, its manufacture and popularization in the 1800s.

Contact: (919) 477-5498

The North Carolina Museum of History located in Raleigh, with regional museums in Elizabeth City, Fayetteville and Old Fort, preserves the unique culture and heritage of North Carolina. Featuring exhibits on health and healing, the Civil War, folklife and the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame, the museum holds hundreds of thousands of artifacts that honor the diverse background and rich cultural heritage of North Carolina.

Contact: (919) 715-0200

Once every year, on the third Saturday in June, a small town swells from a population of 49 to 10,000 as people travel from all over the country to attend the National Hollerin' Contest. Begun in 1969, this contest has celebrated the lost art of hollerin' for more than 40 years. It's the original long-distance call, some hollerin' can be heard as far as three mile away. Over the years, the National Hollerin' Contest has evolved and now includes contests for women calling their men in from the fields, a bell pepper contest, pageants and countless games.

Beginning in northwest Orange county, the Eno flows 33 miles from its headwaters to the east until it joins with the Little and Flat rivers to create the Neuse. This unique nature preserve winds through urban settings protected by state and city parklands providing a wonderful reserve for birdwatchers, canoeists, photographers and hikers. The state and local governments have joined forces with the Eno River Association to protect this stretch of river from urban pressures and preserve a piece of nature in the heart of North Carolina.

Contact: (919) 383-1686