ATTRACTIONS

Amusements

• Celebration Station
  4315 Big Tree Way • Greensboro, NC 27409
  336-316-0606
  The whole family will be entertained at this amusement center that includes a miniature golf course, go-carts, water bumper boats, arcade games, batting cages, and two theme restaurants. Birthday and group party packages are available. more...  map

• Greensboro Children's Museum
  220 North Church Street • Greensboro, NC 27401
  336-574-2898
  An exciting and colorful children's museum that is filled with many different hands-on exhibits and activities that educate children by utilizing fun activities. more...  map

• Greensboro Cultural Center at Festival Park
  200 North Davie Street • Greensboro, NC 27405
  336-373-2712
  An architectural showplace that is home to 15 visual and performing arts organizations plus features five art galleries, a sculpture garden, an outdoor amphitheater, rehearsal halls, and a restaurant with outdoor cafe style seating.  map

• Greensboro Millennium Gate
  220 South Greene Street • Greensboro, NCLocated in Phill G. McDonald Plaza
  Scuplture Jim Gallucci and several artisans have created 106 icons that represent great ideas, inventions, people, and events that have made a great difference in the lives of Americans in the 20th century.  map

• O Henry Statues
  Downtown Greensboro
  336-373-2043
  This outdoor, three piece sculpture group honors Greensboro's best known writer, William Sydney Porter, known as O. Henry, and features a statue of the author, a large sculpture of an open book of his short stories, and a statue of his beloved little dog, Lovey.   map

• Wet 'N Wild Emerald Pointe Water Park
  3910 South Holden Road • Greensboro, NC 27405
  336-852-9721, 800-555-5900
  "America's most exhilarating water park," this is the largest waterpark in the Carolinas with over 35 rides and attractions on site including drop slides, enclosed slides, tube rides, two children's areas, and a drifting lazy river. more...  map

Historic Homes & Buildings

• Blandwood Mansion (circa 1846)
  447 West Washington Street • Greensboro, NC 27401
  336-272-5003
  The former home of Governor John Motley Morehead, this beautiful mansion is surrounded by four acres of beautiful gardens. The main structure, an Italianate mansion, was built onto an original four-room farm house that was constructed on the site in 1790s and has been beautifully refurnished with historical period furnishings. more...  map

• Castle McCulloch (circa 1832)
  3925 Kivett Drive • Greensboro, NC 27282
  Jamestown
  336-887-5413
  This restored gold refinery is constructed like an authentic medieval castle, complete with three foot thick walls, a 70-foot tower, a drawbridge, and a moat. The castle makes a wonderful place for weddings, reunions and other gatherings in its two large rooms downstairs, the Great Hall, and the Queen's Chamber, that can accommodate large groups, as well as its Crystal Garden, an adjacent facility that can be rented for dances, receptions, weddings, and other events. more...  map

• Chinqua-Penn Plantation (circa 1920s)
  295 Wentworth Street • Greensboro, NC 27375
  Reidsville
  336.349.4576
  Magnificent 22 acre plantation estate that was built by tobacco and utility magnates Jeff and Betsy Penn and reflects a lifestyle of world travel and art collecting. The 27 room mansion is set among historic, award-winning gardens and aesthetic landscaping. more...  map

Historic Sites & Monuments

• A & T Four Statue
  North Carolina A & T University Campus • Greensboro, NC 27411
  Located in front of the Dudley Building
  336-334-7583
  On February 1, 1960 four African American men carried out a lunch counter sit-in at the F.W. Woolworth Co.'s segregated lunch counter. This statue was designed to remember this turning point and the struggles that followed.   map

• Guilford County Veterans Memorial
  Located in Country Park
  The Guilford County Veterans Memorial honors the men and women, both on the homefront and battlefield, who sacrificed so much for the United States during the conflicts of the 20th century.

• Mendenhall Plantation (circa 1811)
  603 West Main Street • Greensboro, NC 27282
  Jamestown
  336-454-3819
  A beautiful early 19th century Quaker plantation that includes many unique, historic out buildings, as well as a museum and one of two existing false-bottom wagons used to transport runaway slaves during the time of the Underground Railroad.  map

• Old Mill of Guilford (circa 1767)
  1340 NC Highway 68 North • Greensboro, NC 27310
  Oak Ridge
  336-643-4783
  Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this 18th century gristmill still produces stone-ground cornmeal, grits, and other interesting mixes. Visitors can tour the historic structure and purchase the products it turns out including the unique meals, grits, gingerbread, oatmeal sweet potato muffins, and Scottish scones. more...  map

• Tannenbaum Historic Park
  2200 New Garden Road • Greensboro, NC 27410
  336-545-5315
  This park utilizes hands-on exhibits and living history presentations to depict a vivid picture of everyday life in North Carolina's backcountry during the late 18th century. more...  map

• Walkway of History
  South Elm Street at February One Place
  336-274-2282
  These sidewalk markers chronicle six chapters in local African-American history ranging from the first fugitive slave on the Underground Railroad through the first African-American State Supreme Court Justice.  map

Libraries & Research Centers

• Thomas F. Holgate Library
  900 East Washington Street • Greensboro, NC 27401
  Bennett College for Women
  336-517-2139
  Erected in 1939, this 16,000 square foot library is features the works of painter Varnette Honeywood and is also a fine research facility that houses a reference room, three levels of open stacks, a periodicals room, and much more. more...  map

Museums & Galleries

• African American Atelier
  200 North Davie Street • Greensboro, NC 27405
  Greensboro Cultural Center
  336-333-6885
  Dedicated to promoting awareness of the African-American culture and history of North Carolina, this gallery showcases original artwork by local, regional, and national ethnic and African-American artists. A gift shop is also on site that sells an array of African-American gifts, cards, and prints. more...  map

• Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum
  6136 Burlington Road, Highway 70 • Greensboro, NC 27342
  Historic Palmer Memorial Institute
  336-449-4846
  The museum is a historic site at the former Palmer Memorial Institute, a preparatory school established in 1902 by Charlotte Hawkins Brown, a noted African American educator and national civic leader; it closed in 1971. For the 50 years of her presidency, Dr. Brown built PMI into one of the most renowned schools for African American youth in the nation.  more...  map

• Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art
  200 North Davie Street • Greensboro, NC 27401
  336-333-7460
  This upscale visual arts center and gallery features changing exhibitions by North Carolina artists and offers a variety of educational programs for children and adults. more...  map

• Greensboro Artists' League Gallery & Gift Shop
  200 North Davie Street • Greensboro, NC 27405
  336-333-7585
  This art league promotes visual arts and artists in the Piedmont Triad by offering changing exhibitions of local and regional art, as well as workshops for artists and art lovers. A gift shop is also on site that offers an array of beautiful and special gifts.  map

• Greensboro Historical Museum
  130 Summit Avenue • Greensboro, NC 27401
  336-373-2043
  Discover the history of the area and the Piedmont people at this historical museum that features 12 unique galleries and two American History restored homes. A world class collection of Civil War firearms are also in the museum, as well as an old-fashioned general store. more...  map

• Guilford College Art Gallery
  5800 West Friendly Avenue • Greensboro, NC 27410
  Hege Library, Guilford College
  336-316-2438
  View rotating selections from the college's wide ranging permanent collection of original fine art and crafts while visiting this gallery that also features occasional traveling exhibitions. more...  map

• Guilford Native American Art Gallery
  200 North Davie Street • Greensboro, NC 27401
  Greensboro Cultural Center at Festival Park
  336-273-6605
  This gallery promotes, exhibits, and sells traditional and contemporary art by Native Americans. Exhibits include art works in a wide variety of media that provide a glimpse into the culture and history of Native Americans. more...  map

• H. Clinton Taylor Art Gallery
  1601 East Market Street • Greensboro, NC 27405
  Dudley Memorial Building
  336-334-4815
  Established in 1956, this gallery showcases world art with a special emphasis on the cultures and peoples within the community, with its primary focus being the art work of African-Americans.  map

• International Civil Rights Center and Museum
  134 South Elm Street • Greensboro, NC 27405
  336-274-9199
  See the original Woolworth counter where four North Carolina A&T State University students sat down and began the National Civil Rights Sit-In Movement at this Woolworth store that is now a museum dedicated to the history of the Civil Rights Movement. more...  map

• Irene Cullis Gallery
  815 West Market Street • Greensboro, NC 27401
  Cowan Building, Greensboro College Campus
  336-272-7102
  This college art gallery features six exhibits annually that include the works of students, professors, and regional contemporary artists.   map

• Mattye Reed African Heritage Center
  1601 East Market Street • Greensboro, NC 27411
  Dudley Building, North Carolina A&T University
  336-334-3209
  Housing the nation's largest collection of African art and artifacts, this museum offers tours and lectures that are meant to educate people in the accomplishments, history, and culture of African societies and persons of African descent. Over 3,500 items from more than 30 African nations are housed here.  map

• North Carolina Pottery Center
  250 East Avenue • Greensboro, NC 27341
  Seagrove
  336-873-8430
  See exhibits of North Carolina pottery and related activities from prehistoric Native American times to the present at this pottery center that promotes awareness of the techniques, technology, and history of pottery making in North Carolina. more...  map

• Richard Petty Museum
  311 Branson Mill Road • Greensboro, NC 27317
  Level Cross
  336-495-1143
  Honoring the seven time Winston Cup Series champion, this unique museum highlights Petty's 35 year career and includes race cards, awards, and photographs. A gift shop is also on site.  map

• University Galleries
  1601 East Market Street • Greensboro, NC 27411
  Located in the Dudley Building in A & T
  336-334-3209
  Stories of the African Diaspora are featured on different types of media, including canvas, textiles, sculpture, music, and personal possessions, at the University Galleries. Two permanent focal collections, the Mattye Reed African Heritage Collection and the Henry Clinton Taylor Collection, are among the many revolving exhibits honoring African culture in the museum. more...  map

• Weatherspoon Art Museum
  Spring Garden and Tate Streets • Greensboro, NC 27402
  University of North Carolina at Greensboro
  336-334-5770
  An ever-growing permanent collection that focuses on American art from the turn-of-the-century to the present is exhibited at this museum that also features changing and traveling exhibitions and offers various educational programs. more...

National Parks & Natural Wonders

• Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
  2332 New Gardens Road • Greensboro, NC 27405
  336-288-1776
  Featuring over 200 acres of historic ground and 28 monuments, this national park honors the site of one of the most pivotal battles of the American Revolutionary War. A self-guided auto tour is available and visitors can enjoy colorful and informational exhibits and paved walking trails.  map

Parks, Gardens & Zoos

• Barber Park
  1500 Dans Road • Greensboro, NC 27401
  336-373-5892
  This 109-acre park features a one-mile, multiple-use trail, picnic shelters, a baseball stadium, an outdoor amphitheater, indoor tennis and basketball complex, and an 18-hole disc golf course.  more...  map

• Bicentennial Garden
  Hobbs Road • Greensboro, NC 27405
  Between Market Street & Friendly Avenue
  336-297-2824
  A Greensboro favorite, this beautiful garden features paved walkways that allows you to view the variety of seasonal and annual flowers, plants, and shrubs that fill the garden. There is also a pavilion and a picnic area on site. more...  map

• Bog Garden
  Hobbs Road • Greensboro, NC 27405
  Between Market Street & Friendly Avenue
  336-297-2824
  The natural beauty of this swampy area has been developed into a striking exhibit that features a half-mile elevated wooden walkway providing easy access through the garden. Various trees, wildflowers, shrubs, ferns and other wetland plants can be examined as you stroll through the grounds. more...  map

• Bryan Park Complex
  6275 Bryan Park Road • Greensboro, NC 27214
  336-375-2222
  Located by scenic Lake Townsend, this wonderful park offers 36 holes of championship golf, as well as golf instruction, golf training and practice areas, a pro shop, a grill, a soccer field complex, and scenic park areas. The park also offers tennis courts, volleyball courts, horseshoe pits, equipped playgrounds, and boating, sailing, and fishing from the Lake Townsend Marina. more...  map

• Bur-Mil Park
  5834 Bur-Mil Club Road • Greensboro, NC 27410
  336-373-3800
  Adjacent to scenic Lake Brandt, this beautiful 250 acre park includes a club house, a driving range, ponds for fishing, a golf course, tennis and volleyball courts, swimming pools, sports fields, play areas, hiking trails, and picnic shelters. more...  map

• Country Park
  3902 Nathanael Greene Drive • Greensboro, NC 27408
  336-373-3648
  This park offers two stocked fishing lakes, pedal boats, two playgrounds, picnic shelters and trails for jogging, hiking and bicycling. A variety of events are hosted at this park including the Classic Car Show, the Olympic-sanctioned Carolina Cup Bicycle Road Race, The Wild Turkey Fat Tire Festival Mountain Bike Race, and the annual Reenactment of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse.  more...  map

• Greensboro Arboretum
  Near Wendover Avenue at West Market Street • Greensboro, NC 27405
  Lindley Park
  336-297-4162
  This arboretum is nestled on a 17 acre portion of the scenic Lindley Park and includes nine labeled plant collections and special garden displays consisting of species indigenous to the Piedmont region of North Carolina. An arbor, gazebo, and lighted fountain are also on site. more...  map

• Greensboro Jaycee Park
  Off Pisgah Church Road on Forest Lawn Drive
  336-545-5310
  A variety of sports facilities are available within this park including the Stoner-White Stadium, the Spec Evatt Field for baseball, two volleyball and badminton courts, playground areas for children, and the J. Spencer Love Tennis Center that includes 13 championship courts. more...  map

• Hagan-Stone Park
  5920 Hagan-Stone Park Road • Greensboro, NC 27313
  Pleasant Garden
  336-674-0472
  This 409 acre park is a beautiful wildlife refuge, outdoor recreational facility, and campground that features eight miles of trails for walking, biking, hiking, and the exploration of nature. The park also includes picnic shelters, pedal boats, canoes, rowboats, softball fields, playgrounds, a swimming pool, stocked fishing ponds, and a reconstructed 18th century one-room schoolhouse. more...  map

• Oka T. Hester Park
  3615 Deutzia Street • Greensboro, NC 27407
  336-218-8317
  A lake that is well stocked for fishing is located at this park that also features lighted soccer and football fields, lighted tennis courts, a fitness trail and picnic shelters.  more...  map

Science & Technology

• Natural Science Center
  4301 Lawndale Drive • Greensboro, NC 27455
  336-288-3769
  This hands-on museum features a zoo, an aquarium, a planetarium, educational programs, and an educational gift shop. Visitors can roam through a Dinosaur Gallery, see snakes and amphibians in the Jaycee Herpetarium, learn about gems and minerals, and enjoy a petting zoo while at this center.  map

Tours & Cruises

• Benbow Reproductions Manufacturers Tour
  4321 South Elm-Eugene Street • Greensboro, NC 27405
  336-370-4184
  On this tour, visitors can follow the production of handmade, solid wood reproduction Colonial furniture through the stages from raw lumber to perfect showroom displays.  map

Vineyards, Wineries & Breweries

• Grove Winery
  7360 Brooks Bridge Road • Gibsonville, NC 27249
  336-584-4060
  Guilford County winery open daily for tours and tastings. more...

• Natty Greene's Pub & Brewing Company
  345 South Elm Street • Greensboro, NC 27405
  Located in Downtown Greensboro
  336-274-1373
  Visit this Greensboro brewing house and see the process that is required to prepare the six types of beer. See the tanks, fermentation, and enjoy taste samples.  map

• Red Oak Brewery
  714 Francis King Street • Greensboro, NC 27410
  336-299-3649
  North Carolina's largest microbrewery, this state-of-the-art Munich built brewery produces fresh, pure, and wholesome Bavarian lagers. A restaurant is also on site that serves delicious and freshly prepared brew pub style dishes and tours are available of the brewery. more...  map