A major pre-Revolutionary port on North Carolina's Cape Fear River, Brunswick was razed by British troops in 1776 and never rebuilt. During the Civil War, Fort Anderson was constructed atop the old village site, and served as part of the Cape Fear River defenses...

The museum comprises 11 buildings, including a "Dogtrot" style farmhouse from the 1830s, a tobacco barn, a corncrib, a smokehouse, a country store and a chicken house, which now serves as an exhibit hall. There's also a modern visitors center with exhibits, a seating...

Harmony Hall Plantation, one of the oldest residences in North Carolina, is located in White Oak, NC. It was built by Col. James Richardson prior to 1768. The 12,000 to 15,000-acre (61 km2) plot it originally occupied on the banks of the Cape Fear River was partially...

The original county seat for Wayne County was Waynesborough. Once a bustling town, it began to decline with the introduction of the Wilmington-Weldon Railroad and the town of Goldsboro. By the end of the Civil War the town was gone. Today visitors to Waynesborough...

The mission of the East Carolina Village of Yesteryear is to preserve and interpret architectural and agricultural life in Pitt County and eastern North Carolina from 1840 to 1940. The Village engages and inspires people of all ages to nurture deep and long-lasting...

Taking a tour of the 1825 farmhouse and museum provides insight into the lives of early pioneers in the Sandhills. The house is filled with authentic furnishings of everyday life during the 1800s. Visitors get a first-hand feel for what life in the 1800s was about by...

European settlement near the Pamlico River in the 1690s led to the founding of Bath, North Carolina's first town, in 1705. By 1708, Bath had 50 people and 12 houses. It soon became North Carolina's first port. Political rivalries, Indian wars, and piracy marked its...

Historic Oak View County Park is a 19th-century historic farmstead with a mission to interpret North Carolina's agricultural heritage and rural history via educational programs, special events and exhibits. Visit 5 original historic structures including an 1825...

See the early home, factories, and farm where Washington Duke first grew and processed tobacco. His sons later founded The American Tobacco Company, the world's largest tobacco company. Duke and others helped create a market for Durham-area tobacco products that...

Somerset Place is a former plantation near Creswell in Washington County, North Carolina, along the northern shore of Lake Phelps, and now a State Historic Site. Somerset Place operated as a plantation from 1785 until 1865. Before the end of the American Civil War,...