1. North Carolina The Tar Heel State

4. Raleigh / Charlotte / Durham (part of the “research triangle”)

5. The Biltmore: built as the biggest personal home in the United States – today is a museaum

8. Cape Hatteras Cape Hatteras

10. Mt. Mitchell – highest in east

11. Smokey Mountains (west)

12. Cherokee, North Carolina

13. Leads nation in tobacco production

14. Big producer of furniture North Carolina is known for its decades of furniture design and manufacturing. Over 60% of all furniture manufactured in the U.S. is made within a 200 mile radius of central North Carolina. Each year thousands of visitors tour the numerous discount stores, galleries, and home furnishings centers North Carolina is known for its decades of furniture design and manufacturing. Over 60% of all furniture manufactured in the U.S. is made within a 200 mile radius of central North Carolina. Each year thousands of visitors tour the numerous discount stores, galleries, and home furnishings centers

15. Kitty Hawk – Site of the Wright brothers first flight

16. Blackbeard: pirate who hid: in the “outer banks

17. Roanoke Island (The “Lost Colony”)

18. U.N.C.: Oldest U.S. State University

19. Called the “Tar Heel State” because: Some Civil War soldiers took off and ran instead of fight. It was said they forgot to “tar their heels” so they’d stick to the ground” Some Civil War soldiers took off and ran instead of fight. It was said they forgot to “tar their heels” so they’d stick to the ground”