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Alamance Battleground
State Historic Site,

Burlington. Site of the battle that ended the War of the Regulation. (336) 227-4785
www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/
sections/hs/alamance
/alamanc.htm

Battle of Clapp’s Mill-Memorial Marker,
Burlington. Lake Mackintosh.
(800) 637-3804

Blandwood Mansion & Carriage House,
Greensboro. Former home of Gov. John Motley Morehead.
(336) 272-5003
www.blandwood.org

Burial Place of the Original Siamese Twins Eng and Chang Bunker,
Mount Airy. (800) 576-0231

Castle McCulloch,
Jamestown. Historic gold refinery. (336) 887-5413
www.castlemcculloch.com

Civil War Cemetery, Thomasville. The nation’s only Civil War cemetery where Federal and Confederate soldiers are mixed in a single gravesite.
(336) 472-4422/(800) 611-9907
www.thomasvilletourism.com

Cedarock Historical
Working Farm & Park,

Burlington. 414-acre park and working farm. (336) 570-6769 (336) 570-6760
www.alamance-nc.com
/rec/historic.htm

Charlotte Hawkins Brown Memorial State Historic Site, Sedalia. State’s first official historic site honoring an African-American woman. On the campus of the former Palmer Institute. (336) 449-4846
www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/
sections/hs/chb/chb.htm

Edwards-Franklin House,
Surry County. 1799 plantation house museum of Surry County Historical Society.
(336) 786-8359

Gertrude Smith House,
Mount Airy. 1902 Victorian home. (800) 576-0231

Glencoe Mill Village,
Burlington. Cotton mill complex and associated worker housing community built between 1880-1882. (336) 228-6644
www.glencoemill.org

Guilford Courthouse
National Military Park,

Greensboro. Site of Revolutionary War
battle, 220 acres of trails.
(336) 288-1776
www.nps.gov/guco

Historic Bethabara Park, Winston-Salem. First Moravian settlement. (336) 924-8191
www.bethabarapark.org

Historic Downtown Elkin.
(336) 835-9800

Historic Uptown Lexington.
Historic commercial district.
(336) 249-0383

Horne Creek Living
Historical Farm,

Pinnacle. Recreates life and work of 1900-1910.
(336) 325-2298
www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/
sections/hs/horne/horne.htm

Lindley’s Mill-
Memorial Marker.

NC 87, Alamance County.
Eli Whitney. (800) 637-3804

Korner’s Folly,
Kernersville. 1880 restored tour house filled with interior design wonders. (336) 996-7922
www.kornersfolly.org

McCray School,
Burlington. One-room school that served the rural black population from 1869 to mid-20th century. (800) 637-3804

Mendenhall Plantation, Jamestown. Early 19th-century Quaker plantation.
(336) 454-3819

Moore House,
Mount Airy. Antebellum home.
(336) 786-4512

North Carolina’s
Oldest Train Depot,

Thomasville. (336) 472-4422
(800) 611-9907
www.thomasvilletourism.com

North Carolina Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial Park.
Off I-85, exit 102, one mile south of Thomasville.
(336) 472-4422/(800) 611-9907
www.thomasvilletourism.com

Old Mill of Guilford,
N.C. 68, Oak Ridge. Working mill dating back to 1745, gift shop with stone-ground meal made on premises, honey, ham, pottery and crafts.
(336) 643-4783
www.oldmillofguilford.com

Old Salem,
Winston-Salem. 18th- and 19th-century living history Moravian town. (888) 348-5420
www.oldsalem.org

Pisgah Covered Bridge,
south of Asheboro. One of only two remaining in state. Walking trail, picnic tables.
(336) 626-0364

Pyle’s Defeat-
Memorial Marker,

Burlington. Old Trail Rd.
(800) 637-3804

Rockford Village,
Dobson. Remains of county seat, authentic country store.
(336) 374-3825
(336) 374-5317

Tannenbaum Historic Park, Greensboro. Features restored Revolutionary War house.
(336) 545-5315
www.ci.greensboro.nc.us/
leisure/tannenbaum

Trinity Gazebo,
NC 62, Trinity. Site of Trinity College, later Duke University.

Wright Tavern,
Wentworth. Restored 19th century tavern with rare “Dog Run” architecture.
(336) 342-5901
 

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