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Things to do in North Carolina

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4.92 out of 5 average rating, 36 reviews

Create Custom Lipstick or Gloss with a Lip Artist

Blend your own shade, add glitter, and name your glam creation

4.73 out of 5 average rating, 45 reviews

Fun & Safe Jet Ski Experience near Charlotte

Enjoy an experience with friends on Lake Norman, NC. 2 tickets (330pds max) 2 people 1 double jet ski. Fees may apply. 4 jet skis available. Time slots may vary. Security deposit required.

4.96 out of 5 average rating, 245 reviews

Cow cuddle time, on a 120 acre farm, therapeutic

Experience a slice of an organic 120 acre farm, where you will see cows grazing in a natural farming system. Our cows are protected. Pet, brush, feed and hug our cows safely, in a natural setting.

5 out of 5 average rating, 4 reviews

Trace tobacco power with a historian

Walk the former American Tobacco Trust hub with a published historian, read the facades of grand banks and art deco towers, and connect industry to city growth and culture.

5 out of 5 average rating, 1 reviews

Explore Raleigh with a Professional Historian

Follow a public historian through Raleigh's most fascinating stories of political intrigue, architectural expression, municipal growth and chaotic transformation.

5 out of 5 average rating, 1841 reviews

Forge your own design at Quiver Full Farm

Learn blacksmithing and create a unique piece at a historic Appalachian forge.

5 out of 5 average rating, 50 reviews

Take time out with backyard pet chickens

Meet my feathered friends, care for them and take home some fresh eggs.

4.95 out of 5 average rating, 81 reviews

Practice guided meditation with gong sound healing

Enter a meditative state with the powerful surrounding sounds of seven gongs.

4.95 out of 5 average rating, 20 reviews

One Tree Hill-Inspired Home Tour

Tour a One Tree Hill–inspired house — recreate scenes from the show, take photos, shoot hoops at Rivercourt, visit the Naley Bench, explore Tric, and grab coffee at Karen’s Café.

4.99 out of 5 average rating, 2032 reviews

Private, guided horseback rides

Enjoy a private horseback ride through our 52-acre estate, tailored to your level. Please note that we do have a 260 LB weight limit.

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Brunch and fabric hunt with a quilter

Sip coffee and have brunch at First Watch in Decatur starting at 12:00 pm on a Sunday. Next, go to Ponce City Market in Atlanta, GA and meet up at 2:30 pm at Mood Fabrics.

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Big Top E-Bike Adventure Tour

Explore Asheville by e-bike with a working circus performer as your guide! Discover iconic sights, hidden gems, colorful history, and stories from Asheville’s circus past and present.

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Asheville's Hidden Treasures Tour

Discover Asheville’s hidden treasures on a walking tour filled with overlooked details, local history, public art, architecture, and curious finds hiding in plain sight.

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"Be the Artist" Experience

Step into Midnight Coffee Records to record vocals or an instrument with a professional engineer and session guitarist. Blues, Rock, or Country only. Song required in advance.

5 out of 5 average rating, 1 reviews

Tour craft distillery and specialty spirit flight

Enjoy a guided tour through a craft distillery in the NoDa neighborhood of Charlotte. Then sample four small-batch spirits in a speakeasy-style rickhouse with a master distiller TV show winner.

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Raleigh's Secret Bites with a foodie guide

Sample Cantonese buns in a brewery bookshop, Lebanese family recipes, eastern Carolina whole-hog barbecue, bean-to-bar chocolate in a depot and a secret dish with a local foodie guide.

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Highland cattle farm experience

On your visit you will be able to feed, brush, take pictures and we will teach you about this breed and how we care for them. If you LOVE HIGHLAND COWS...this is for you!

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Asheville Food Tour: Hidden Bites & Local Stories

Follow a foodie guide to chargrilled tikka rolls, Benton’s ham biscuits, a chip café panini, secret shop tastings and an ice cream cookie finale.

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Apiary Immersion: safely sit and observe

Learn how bees regulate hive airflow in this beekeeper-led session. Behind a triple-screen barrier (bees cannot get to you inside), sense the aroma, hum & pulse of thousands of honeybees!

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Family Friendly Farm Experience

Join a professional horseman at a working horse farm, meet Wilbur the pig, and hand-feed silkie chickens, goats, and miniature horses while you learn how they are cared for.