Historical and Educational Attractions
This page lists attractions of historical, cultural, or educational significance in the Raleigh, North Carolina area. Listings may include historical homes, battlefields, forts, monuments, famous birthplaces, and other places of historical significance, as well educational attractions such as planetariums.
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The historical marker is located at 123 Fayetteville Street in Raleigh. About a block away, across t ...
Originally established in 1798 and divided into four parts: two one-acre plots for citizens, one for ...
Experience historic City Market, home to art galleries, restaurants and specialty shops. The origina ...
This Town of Wake Forest park offers several historical attractions including: Restored Farm Bui ...
The Garner Veterans Memorial features pillars with the names of 67 Garner-area veterans who have die ...
John Haywood, the state’s first elected treasurer, built this Federal-style frame house in 1799. It ...
This antebellum farmstead features an 1855 Greek Revival house, detached kitchen, cotton gin house, ...
Historic Oakwood provides two opportunities for visitors to tour homes and gardens, which generally ...
Adjacent to Historic Oakwood, Oakwood Cemetery, with over 20,000 interments, is the resting place of ...
The 174-acre wildlife park features hiking trails, Historic Yates Mill, Wake County’s last remaining ...
Built in 1769, this landmark is Wake County’s oldest existing home. It became the “Birthplace of Nor ...
Lake Crabtree County Park offers visitors opportunities for outdoor recreation. Located on a 215-acr ...
The North Carolina Executive Mansion is the official residence of the Governor of North Carolina and ...
Open for outdoor, self-guided tours of historic railroad equipment on weekends year-round. Trains op ...
A National Historic Landmark, the N.C. State Capitol is one of the finest and best-preserved example ...
Home of the North Carolina General Assembly, the building is unique because it is devoted solely to ...
Built in 1868 as a railroad hotel by Town of Cary Founder, Allison Francis Page, it is listed on the ...
The Pope House Museum, built in 1901, is a restored home once owned by Dr. M.T. Pope, a prominent Af ...
One of the oldest buildings now on the Saint Augustine's University campus, this Norman Gothic-style ...
An impressive Greek Revival structure used during the Civil War as a hospital; from 1865 to 1869, it ...
