Historic Homes & Buildings

• Carl Sandburg Home (circa 1838)
  1928 Little River Road • Flat Rock, NC 28731
  Located 3 Miles South of Hendersonville
  828-693-4178
  A National Historic Site, this 264-acre working farm was the estate of Carl Sandburg, a nationally renowned American poet, historian author and lecturer. The house contains his collection of 10,000 books, papers, and notes and the estate features numerous hiking trails and a functional goat barn. Daily tours are available. more...

Historic Sites & Monuments

• Historic Johnson Farm (circa 1880)
  3346 Haywood Road • Hendersonville, NC 28791
  828-891-6585
  A great example of a late 19th and early 20th century farm, the entire structure of this farm was handmade from bricks that were fired on site from French Broad River. Outbuildings on the property include the elegant mud home, smokehouse, a granary, a blacksmith shop, a cottage, a barn, and a boarding house. more...  map

• Wolfe's Angel
  US 64 West, Oakdale Cemetery
  828-693-9708
  There are constant references to an angel statue imported from Italy in author Thomas Wolfe's first novel was "Look Homeward, Angel" and this was among the statues that Wolfe's father sold from the porch of his tombstone shop in Asheville.

Museums & Galleries

• Arts Center, The
  538 North Main Street • Hendersonville, NC 28792
  Second Floor of the Skyland Hotel Building
  828-693-8504
  A nonprofit art center that presents rotating exhibitions in its galleries plus provides two artist studios, an array of classes and workshops, and an art camp.  map

• Mineral & Lapidary Museum, The
  400 North Main Street • Hendersonville, NC 28792
  828-698-1977
  Housing exhibits from North Carolina and the Smithsonian, this museum displays an array of English minerals, Indian artifacts, replicas of the Cullinan Diamonds, fluorescent minerals, and Geodes, which are sold, cracked, and displayed. more...  map

• Western North Carolina Air Museum
  1340 Gilbert Street • Hendersonville, NC 28793
  828-698-2482
  The first air museum in North Carolina, this museum displays award-winning restored and replica antique and vintage aircraft, as well as flying and static antique aircraft and aviation memorabilia. more...  map