Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden provides visitors with an inspiring, unforgettable garden experience that instills a love of nature and its beauty. Located within 30 minutes of uptown Charlotte, the Garden offers an oasis with gardens, fountains and more.

The New River is an 80-kilometer (50-mile) long river in southeastern North Carolina. It flows into the Atlantic Ocean. The river is formed from the confluence of two smaller rivers, the North Fork New River (43 miles long) and the South Fork New River (72 miles long), which flow out of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Watauga and Ashe counties.

Albemarle Bay is a major estuary on the North Carolina coast, situated at the confluence of a group of rivers, including the Chowan and Roanoke rivers. It is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Currituck Banks, a breakwater peninsula where the town of Kitty Hawk is located, on the eastern edge of the bay, and is part of the larger Outer Banks region.

The current Bodie Island Lighthouse is the third lighthouse built in the Bodie Island area of ​​the Outer Banks, North Carolina, in 1872. It stands 156 feet (48 m) tall and is located on the Roanoke Bay side of a peninsula that is part of the first section of the Cape Hatteras National Preserve.

Chimney Rock Park is a 1000-acre scenic attraction with spectacular North Carolina hiking trails.

The Pisgah National Forest is a land of mile-high peaks, cascading waterfalls, and heavily forested slopes.

The red-brick lighthouse tower above the northern Outer Banks landscape in the historic Corolla Village is a 220 step lighthouse located on the Outer Banks in Corolla, North Carolina.

Climbing the historic Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is a unique experience. The climb is self-paced and provides views from the tallest brick lighthouse in North America.

Oconaluftee Archeological District is within the eponymous river valley in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina.

Mount Mitchell State Park is a 4,789-acre North Carolina state park in Yancey County, North Carolina.