The World War II battleship ‘North Carolina’ is permanently berthed on the Cape Fear River at Wilmington.
Mount Mitchell in the Blue Ridge Mountains is the highest peak east of the Mississippi.
Whitewater Falls in Transylvania County is the highest waterfall in the eastern United States.
North Carolina was the first state in the nation to establish a state museum of art.
North Carolina has the largest state-maintained highway system in the United States.
The oldest town in the state is Bath, incorporated in 1705.
Havelock is home of Marine Base “Cherry Point.” It is the largest air base in the Marine Corps.
The Venus Fly-Trap is native to Hampstead.
The first miniature golf course was built in Fayetteville.
Babe Ruth hit his first home run in Fayetteville on March 7, 1914.
Fontana Dam is the tallest dam in the Eastern United States, at 480 feet high.
Hiram Rhoades Revels, born in Fayetteville in 1822, was the first African-American member of the United States Congress.
The town of Wendell town was named for the American writer, Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Cape Hatteras, at 210-feet-tall, is the tallest brick lighthouse in the United States and the second tallest in the world.
The Biltmore Estate, which was built by George Washington Vanderbilt II in the late 19th century, is the largest mansion in America.
White squirrels, a rare animal species, are quite a common sight in the city of Brevard.
After Florida, North Carolina sees more hurricanes than any other state in the United States.
Blackbeard haunted the state for years before being finally killed in 1718.