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Chapel Hill

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The many independent restaurants, coffee shops, and bars offering gourmet and varied styles of cuisine earned Chapel Hill the title of "America's Foodiest Small Town" from Bon Appétit Magazine.  Home to the University of North Carolina (UNC) and its on-campus planetarium where astronauts learned to navigate the skies, Chapel Hill is a bustling town.

Chapel Hill and nearby Carrboro offer visitors plenty of options to enjoy history, food, sports, and music.  Some notable beginnings:  famed basketball star, Michael Jordan played college ball at UNC,  musician James Taylor got his start in Chapel Hill, and NASA astronauts mapped routes to the moon at Morehead Planetarium before blasting off into outer space.

Other places of interest in Chapel Hill include the UNC Medical Center, Meadowmont Village and Southern Village - with trendy shops and urban green space, the famed Franklin Street, lined with businesses and the UNC campus, and the North Carolina Botanical Garden.   On the first Saturday of each month, Carrboro hosts the Really Really Free Market on the Town Commons where people go to give tangible goods and services away for free.  Really.


 

See it in Chapel Hill

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UNC Kenan Stadium
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Morehead Planetarium

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      • Fort Fisher
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      • Battleship North Carolina
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    • Apex
    • Cary
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      • Aveda Institute
      • Morehead Planetarium and Science Center
    • Charlotte
    • Durham >
      • American Tobacco Historic District
      • Duke Homestead and Tobacco Museum
      • Duke Lemur Center
      • Durham Bulls Baseball
      • Historic Stagville >
        • Historic Stagville Family Tree Project
      • NC Museum of Life and Science
      • Sarah P Duke Gardens
    • Fayetteville
    • Greensboro >
      • International Civil Rights Center and Museum
    • Hillsborough >
      • The Shops at Daniel Boone
    • Kernersville >
      • Korners Folly Strangest House in the World
    • Mount Airy >
      • Andy Griffith Museum >
        • Meet Betty Lynn at the Andy Griffith Museum
    • Pittsboro
    • Raleigh >
      • Raleigh Capital District
      • NC Museum of Natural Sciences
    • Seagrove
    • Selma >
      • Spend a Day in Selma
    • Smithfield >
      • Ava Gardner Museum >
        • Ava Gardner Festival
      • Carolina Premium Outlets
    • Wake Forest
    • Winston Salem >
      • OId Salem Historic District >
        • C Winkler Bakery
    • Piedmont Cemeteries
    • Piedmont Labyrinths
    • Piedmont Sandhills Road Trip
  • NC Mountains
    • Asheville >
      • Biltmore Estate >
        • Biltmore Christmas
        • Biltmore Festival of Flowers
      • Mount Mitchell NC Scenic Byway
    • Cherokee
    • Morganton >
      • Horseback Riding at Poco Rhythm Mountain Retreat
    • NC Mountains Visitor Guide
    • NC Transportation Museum
    • Shadow of the Bear
  • NC People
  • Motorcycling NC
    • Coastal Plains
    • Piedmont Heartland Region
    • Appalachian Mountains
    • Great Smoky Mountains
  • Farmers Markets
  • Festivals and Events
  • Film and TV
    • NC Film Preservation
    • North Carolina Film
    • Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
  • Haunted NC
    • Haunted Outer Banks >
      • Haunted NC Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
    • Haunted Coast >
      • Haunted NC Battleship North Carolina
      • Haunted NC Blackbeard Hammock House
      • Haunted NC Old Burying Ground Cemetery
    • Haunted Heartland >
      • Haunted NC Korners Folly
      • Haunted NC Stagville Plantation
    • Haunted Mountains >
      • Haunted NC Biltmore Estate
      • Haunted NC Brown Mountain Lights
  • Hurricane Safety Tips
  • Pet Friendly Travel
  • About Me
  • BLOG
  • Contact
  • Links
  • Learn Online