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Discovery Place
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Discovery Place

#1 in Best Top 10 Places to Visit in Charlotte

Discovery Place is a network of four hands-on museums in three different cities. Located in the Uptown area, Discovery Place is a science and technology museum of Charlotte. The museum features hands-on interactive exhibits, and IMAX Dome Theatre. Discovery Place Nature in Freedom Park features interactive nature exhibits and live animal displays. Discovery Place Kids in Huntersville and Rockingham offers unique learning experiences for young children.


U.S. National Whitewater Center
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U.S. National Whitewater Center

#2 in Best Top 10 Places to Visit in Charlotte

Located along Catawba River, U.S. National Whitewater Center offers over 30 outdoor recreational activities. The center also hosts international competitions in a variety of sports, festivals and events. 1,300 acres Whitewater Center includes ice skating, whitewater rafting, ziplines, kayaking, canoeing, rock climbing, ropes, jumps, and mountain biking.


Mint Museum Uptown
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Mint Museum Uptown

#3 in Best Top 10 Places to Visit in Charlotte

Mint Museum Uptown is the new location with the original building on Randolph Road to be known as the Mint Museum Randolph. The Uptown museum includes collections of American, contemporary, and European art. It is a five-story 145,000-square-foot facility that houses the internationally renowned Craft + Design collection.


Billy Graham Library
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Billy Graham Library

#4 in Best Top 10 Places to Visit in Charlotte

Billy Graham Library is a public library and museum featuring the life and ministry of Billy Graham. The Library building is styled after a dairy barn, reflecting Graham's farm-based childhood. The entrance to the Library is in the shape of a cross. The Library complex includes Billy Graham's childhood home and main galleries showcase presentations, pictures, music, artifacts, and voices from throughout Graham's ministry.


NASCAR Hall of Fame
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NASCAR Hall of Fame

#5 in Best Top 10 Places to Visit in Charlotte

Located in Uptown Charlotte, the NASCAR Hall of Fame is an entertainment attraction and museum honoring the history and heritage of NASCAR. The museum features classic and present-day cars as well as interactive experiences, realistic racing simulators, and highlights of best moments. The 5-acre site includes artifacts, hands-on exhibits, a 278-person state-of-the-art theater, Hall of Honor, restaurant, Gift Shop, and broadcast studio.


Carowinds
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Carowinds

#6 in Best Top 10 Places to Visit in Charlotte

Carowinds is a 407-acre amusement park with over 60 rides, shows and attractions. The park includes kids'area and fun activities for the entire family. It has 14 world-class rollercoasters, thrill rides, and themed areas. Carowinds also features a water park and Carolina Harbor.


Freedom Park
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Freedom Park

#7 in Best Top 10 Places to Visit in Charlotte

Freedom Park is a 98 acre public park located 3 miles from downtown area. It is a popular city park with baseball fields, batting cages, tennis courts, soccer fields, basketball court, volleyball courts, and playgrounds. The park is known for beautiful 7-acre lake. Outdoor shelters with grills and walking trails makes it perfect for picnicking.


Levine Museum of the New South
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Levine Museum of the New South

#8 in Best Top 10 Places to Visit in Charlotte

Levine Museum of the New South is a history museum with variety of interactive and immersive exhibits covering the history and cultures of the New South from the end of the Civil War in 1865 to today. The museum's permanent exhibit, called "Cotton Fields to Skyscrapers" features Reconstruction, the transformation of the southern economy from agriculture to industrialization, the Civil Rights Era, and booming growth of the urban landscapes. Temporary exhibitions of the museum focus on a variety of stories about Charlotte today and in the past.


Carolinas Aviation Museum
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Carolinas Aviation Museum

#9 in Best Top 10 Places to Visit in Charlotte

Carolinas Aviation Museum is located on the grounds of Charlotte Douglas International Airport. The aviation museum main attraction is the Airbus A320 used on US Airways Flight 1549. It has a collection of over 50 static aircraft and many smaller historic items related to aviation in North Carolina and South Carolina. The museum lets visitors experience the wonder of flight and get behind the controls of a Cessna 150, Boeing 727 procedures trainer, F-14 Fighter Jet, and the Wright Flyer Simulator.


Bechtler Museum of Modern Art
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Bechtler Museum of Modern Art

#10 in Best Top 10 Places to Visit in Charlotte

The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art is dedicated to the mid-century modernism. The collection of the museum includes works by the most important and influential artists of the mid 20th century. Only a handful of these wonderful artworks have been on public view in the United States. Until now, the collection was privately held by the Bechtler family of Switzerland.


Charlotte Museums

  1. Discovery Place
  2. Billy Graham Library
  3. Levine Museum of the New South
  4. NASCAR Hall of Fame
  5. Carolinas Aviation Museum
  6. Bechtler Museum of Modern Art
  7. Mint Museum Uptown

Charlotte Parks

  1. Freedom Park