Sightseeing Tours in North Carolina North Carolina is home to many public attractions offering sightseeing tours across the state free of charge. Explore the state and its rich historical and natural heritage by touring zoos, aquariums, museums, and historic sites. Our historic sites, scattered across the state from Manteo at the coast to Weaverville in the west, offer you the chance to step back in time and experience the places where our state's most siginficant historical events happened first-hand. Click on the tiles below to plan your adventure today. Take a Carolina "Zoofari" Get aboard a specially outfitted, open-air vehicle for an exclusive tour of the 37-acre Watani Grassland exhibit! Fun for the entire family awaits you at the N.C. Zoo in Asheboro. Tours run twice daily, Thursday through Sunday. Learn More About the N.C. Zoo's Guided Tour Tour Historic Tryon Palace in New Bern, North Carolina Discover Tours at Tryon Palace Tour the N.C. State Capitol Take your family on a free, self-guided tour in Raleigh, N.C.: Monday-Friday Free guided tours: Saturday: 11 a.m., 2 p.m. Visit the N.C. State Capitol Transportation Museum Tours All attendees of the N.C. Transportation Museum who purchase a regular admission ticket receive a FREE tour of the Bob Julian Roundhouse. Learn about this building's importance to the railroad industry in Spencer, North Carolina and see the museum's expansive railroad collection. Tours begin each Friday and Saturday at 12 p.m and 2 p.m, and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Plan a Visit Feeding Time at the Aquarium Watch the mealtime activity in the 306,000-gallon Living Shipwreck or in other exciting exhibits. Daily at 11 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. Visit the Pine Knoll Shores Aquarium Historic Site Tours Across N.C. Battleship North Carolina Wilmington, N.C. Bentonville Battlefield Four Oaks, N.C. Duke Homestead Durham, N.C. Browse All 27 State Historic Sites
Sightseeing Tours in North Carolina North Carolina is home to many public attractions offering sightseeing tours across the state free of charge. Explore the state and its rich historical and natural heritage by touring zoos, aquariums, museums, and historic sites. Our historic sites, scattered across the state from Manteo at the coast to Weaverville in the west, offer you the chance to step back in time and experience the places where our state's most siginficant historical events happened first-hand. Click on the tiles below to plan your adventure today. Take a Carolina "Zoofari" Get aboard a specially outfitted, open-air vehicle for an exclusive tour of the 37-acre Watani Grassland exhibit! Fun for the entire family awaits you at the N.C. Zoo in Asheboro. Tours run twice daily, Thursday through Sunday. Learn More About the N.C. Zoo's Guided Tour Tour Historic Tryon Palace in New Bern, North Carolina Discover Tours at Tryon Palace Tour the N.C. State Capitol Take your family on a free, self-guided tour in Raleigh, N.C.: Monday-Friday Free guided tours: Saturday: 11 a.m., 2 p.m. Visit the N.C. State Capitol Transportation Museum Tours All attendees of the N.C. Transportation Museum who purchase a regular admission ticket receive a FREE tour of the Bob Julian Roundhouse. Learn about this building's importance to the railroad industry in Spencer, North Carolina and see the museum's expansive railroad collection. Tours begin each Friday and Saturday at 12 p.m and 2 p.m, and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Plan a Visit Feeding Time at the Aquarium Watch the mealtime activity in the 306,000-gallon Living Shipwreck or in other exciting exhibits. Daily at 11 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. Visit the Pine Knoll Shores Aquarium Historic Site Tours Across N.C. Battleship North Carolina Wilmington, N.C. Bentonville Battlefield Four Oaks, N.C. Duke Homestead Durham, N.C. Browse All 27 State Historic Sites