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THINGS TO DO

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         HISTORIC SITES & AT TR AC TIONS  •   Mosaic by artist Claude Howell
      BATTLESHIP NORTH CAROLINA          •   ¾-mile, ADA-accessible riverside trail
      Tread the decks of an authentically   •   Museum shop, exhibits, picnic area
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      •   Voted #2 Best North Carolina Attraction   BURGWIN-WRIGHT HOUSE
        in USA Today’s Readers’ Choice Contest  & GARDENS
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                                         architecture (c.1770). Four colonial
      BELLAMY MANSION MUSEUM             structures on the property include the
      OF HISTORY & DESIGN ARTS           1744 city jail.
      Tour this elaborate early 1800s mansion   •   Guided tours of the fully furnished house
      with its restored gardens and rare urban   •   Self-guided tours of seven colonial-
      slave quarters.                      revival gardens.
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      •   Self-guided tours; guided tours available     224 Market St., 28401
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                                         Hit the open road on this scenic route that
      BRUNSWICK TOWN/FORT ANDERSON
      STATE HISTORIC SITE                covers Wilmington’s key urban landscapes.
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      port on the Cape Fear River before the     scenicbyways.info/byway/73108.html l
      Revolutionary War, the largest earthen fort   CAPE FEAR MUSEUM OF HISTORY
      on the river’s west bank and one of the   AND SCIENCE
      best-preserved in the U.S.         See page 49 for a full description.
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