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Wright Brothers National Memorial Top Attraction!
National Park in Kill Devil Hills, NC USA
National Park The first successful sustained powered flights in a heavier-than-air machine were made here by Wilbur and Orville Wright on December 17, 1903.
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Cape Lookout National Seashore Top Attraction!
National Park in Harkers Island, NC USA
National Seashore The seashore is a 56 mile long section of the Outer Banks of North Carolina running from Ocracoke Inlet on the northeast to Beaufort Inlet on the southeast.
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Appalachian National Scenic Trail Top Attraction!
National Park in State of North Carolina, NC USA
National Scenic Trail The Appalachian National Scenic Trail is a 2,174-mile footpath along the ridgecrests and across the major valleys of the Appalachian Mountains from Katahdin in Maine to Springer Mountain in northern Georgia.
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Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
National Park in Manteo, NC USA
National Park The first English attempts at colonization in the New World (1585-1587) are commemorated here. These efforts, sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh, ended with the disappearance of 116 men, women and children (including two that were born in the New World).
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Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
National Park in Greensboro, NC USA
Honoring the site of a pivotal Revolutionary War battle. Last major campaign of the American Revolution in North Carolina fought between the armies of General Cornwallis and General Nathaneal Greene. The British won the field, but lost many more men, which resulted in a strategic victory for American forces.
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