The Great American Road Trip Challenge~4.5 years · 48 states · one loop

← The Coastal SoutheastRaleigh & Durham

Day162

Day 162 — The Capital & its museums — Raleigh & Durham

Full day4h 15m planned

146Skyline Drive 147Luray Caverns 148Down to Charlottesville 149Jefferson's Charlottesville 150East to Richmond 151The Capitol & the Revolution 152Civil War & art 153To the Historic Triangle 154Colonial Williamsburg 155Jamestown & Yorktown 156Virginia Beach 157South to the Outer Banks 158First Flight 159Lighthouses & the Seashore 160Free / Beach Day 161Inland to the Triangle 162The Capital & its museums 163Durham & the campuses 164West to Asheville 165Biltmore 166The Blue Ridge & Mount Mitchell 167Free Day 168Down to Charlotte 169Speedways & Uptown 170Southeast to the coast 171Riverfront & Battleship 172Into South Carolina 173Falls Park & Main Street 174East to Congaree 175The Old-Growth Swamp 176Into the capital 177The Capital & the Zoo 178East to the Grand Strand 179The Grand Strand 180Down to Charleston 181The Historic District 182Fort Sumter 183Plantations & the Angel Oak 184Free Day 185Into the Lowcountry 186Beaufort & the Gullah coast 187Down to Savannah 188The Squares 189Gothic Savannah 190Free Day 191Out to Tybee 192Beach & Lighthouse 193South to the Golden Isles 194Jekyll & St. Simons 195Inland to Athens 196Campus & the Clubs 197North to Helen 198Alpine Georgia 199Down to Atlanta 200Downtown icons 201Civil rights 202Art & the BeltLine 203Free Day 204South to Florida

Raleigh's free museum row.

10:00 AM – 11:15 AM· 1h 15m
North Carolina State CapitolState CapitolsAnchor
A pristine 1840 Greek Revival capitol in the heart of the city.
1 E Edenton St, Raleigh, NC
12:00 PM – 3:00 PM· 3h
NC Museums of Natural Sciences & ArtMuseums & History
The largest natural-history museum in the Southeast, plus a superb (free) art museum with an outdoor park.
11 W Jones St, Raleigh, NC