Charlotte is the headquarters of NASCAR, so its racetrack is naturally the American home of speed. The Charlotte Speedway doesn’t just host races, it also has a star-studded history of being on the silver screen. Tom Cruise in Days of Read more
Route: New York to AtlantaPlane: B737-900Date: 29 Aug, 2025Price: $209.78 including a previous flight from Ottawa Comfort: The large armchairs had plenty of storage space, including a cubby for a laptop, empty cups and a granite surface for drinks. The Read more
Route: Ottawa to New YorkPlane: E175Date: 29 Aug, 2025Price: $209.78 including an onward flight to Atlanta Comfort: The economy class seats on Ember aircraft are usually slightly wider than on the B737 and A320 as it’s only 2-2 instead of Read more
This free-admission museum in uptown Charlotte only features temporary exhibitions. It focuses on post-Civil War racial justice issues to the modern day. The exhibition I saw was on climates of inequality about how climate change disproportionately affects poorer people and Read more
Harvey Bernard Gantt was the first black student at Clemson University, the first black mayor of Charlotte where this center is and became an architect after completing a graduate degree at MIT. The center has three temporary exhibits that rotate Read more
The largest city in North Carolina was named after King George III’s wife, giving it the name Queen City, but the state capital is two hours away in Raleigh. It’s most well-known for being the home of NASCAR and the Read more
It’s the only museum worth visiting in Greensboro is pretty good. The third floor has an exhibit on the relationship between freedom and democracy, with a focus on the Civil Rights Movement. It also has a mock-up town square with Read more
I was excited to visit the International Civil Rights Museum, but it’s a waste of time if you ask me. The whole thing takes two hours and most of it is a guided tour or video of a guided tour, Read more
It’s a small museum in Mount Airy, NC about actor Andrew Griffith’s life. He grew up in the town and filmed the Andy Griffith Show here, which is where Mayberry is based on. It’s mostly on the Andy Griffith Show Read more
I like to imagine this is what the children of Mayberry, like Opie, would have learned. They would’ve learned about hunters on horseback, early settlers coming by wagon train and 18th-century wars. The museum spans three floors of the building Read more