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Mammoth Cave, KY, Florida Everglades and Okefenokee in GA, Great Smoky Mountains, TN and NC, The Outer Banks, NC, The Blue Ridge Mountains, VA, Assateague Island Ponies, MD and VA. Biltmore, Graceland, and Mount Vernon. That's a start.
To keep it pertinent to North Carolina, since that's where this thread is posted:
Biltmore House - Asheville
Blue Ridge Parkway (NC & VA)
Grandfather Mountain - between Linville & Blowing Rock
Old Salem - Winston-Salem
NASCAR Hall of Fame - Charlotte
NC State Capitol - Raleigh
NC Museums of History & Art - Raleigh
Jockey's Ridge (Wright Brothers) - Outer Banks
USS North Carolina - Wilmington
Not far from the NC Zoo is "Pottery Country" in and around Seagrove, which has quite an eclectic mix of various artisans who create beautiful and unique pottery pieces:
The iconic Andy Griffith show was based on the fictional town of "Mayberry" which is really in Mt. Airy (about 45 minutes northwest of Winston Salem). There are quite a few attractions based on the show here:
Edit: This may not be one that I would recommend dedicating a long trip just to see (there's not a museum that's dedicated to it or much "touristy" about it), but it is kind of randomly unique.
Outside of NC, who could forget Disney World?
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Not far from the NC Zoo is "Pottery Country" in and around Seagrove, which has quite an eclectic mix of various artisans who create various artistic pottery pieces:
The iconic Andy Griffith show was based on the fictional town of "Mayberry" which is really in Mt. Airy (about 45 minutes northwest of Winston Salem). There's quite a few attractions based on the show here:
Thank you!!
Can't wait to get down there and check out these sights! We've climbed Cape Hatteras light house (waited a long time to be able to make the trip and do that!) and been to Kitty Hawk. That was definitely something to be standing right there =)
Also the waterfront in Wilmington is beautiful! Every time we drive to Myrtle Beach, Wilmington is our stop.
We've stayed in New Bern and visited the birthplace of Pepsi too.
The Biltmore will be one of our 1st trips when we move. The North Carolina Zoo - I'm going to google them. Definitely would like to visit there. We have a little one that will love that!
Thank you all for the suggestions!
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Thanks for mentioning them. 
