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      Winston-Salem to Raleigh: North Carolina's Tobacco & University Corridor 

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      Published on 12-30-2010 11:08 PM
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      144 miles - about 4 hours

      Tobacco figures prominently in the heritage of North Carolina. Tobacco farming has been at the economic and cultural center of the area dating back at least two centuries. Several well known cigarette brands share their names with prominent cities in North Carolina, Winston, Salem, Raleigh and Durham. A road trip route between ...
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      Cherokee to Cumberland Knob, North Carolina, on the Blue Ridge Parkway 

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      Published on 07-13-2010 12:08 AM
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      252 miles - 1-2 days

      This drive along the North Carolina section of the Blue Ridge Parkway begins in the home of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, passes by a 250-room pseudo-French chateau and the highest point east of the Mississippi, and heads northeast through a series of heavily wooded mountain regions, from the Pisgahs to the ...
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      Cherokee, North Carolina to Gatlinburg, Tennessee via the Great Smoky Mountains 

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      Published on 06-29-2010 01:10 AM
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      101 miles - Allow 4 hours

      Take a drive through the Great Smoky Mountains and see for yourself why this is - by a long way - America's most visited national park. You'll find waterfalls, quiet trails, sun-dappled trees and wonderful long distance views over the mountains themselves, complete with ...
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      Nags Head, North Carolina to Ocracoke Island: A Lighthouse Road Trip 

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      Published on 06-26-2010 12:08 AM
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      165 miles - About 8 hours

      The Outer Banks, a 200-mile string of narrow barrier islands off the coast of North Carolina, is a place rich in American naval and aviation history and home to some of the world's greatest art collections, it's also a place where the slower pace is conducive to moseying and viewing the many historic lighthouse ...
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