List of tourist attractions in Charlotte, North Carolina

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The following is a list of sites of interest in the Charlotte, North Carolina metropolitan area:

• AvidxChange Music Factory, entertainment complex
• Bank of America Stadium, football stadium in uptown Charlotte, home of the Carolina Panthers NFL team
• BareBones Theatre Group, cutting-edge alternative theatre company operating out of the NC Blumenthal Performing Arts Center^[1]
• Belmont Abbey College and Basilica, on the historic registry for the college, the monastery and grotto^[2]
• Billy Graham Library, located on the grounds of headquarters of Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
• Bojangles' Coliseum, multi-purpose arena, houses the minor-league ice hockey team Charlotte Checkers
• Carolina Raptor Center, dedicated to the conservation and rehabilitation of birds of prey^[3]
• Carolinas Aviation Museum, dedicated to the preservation of historic aircraft
• Carowinds, amusement park located on the border of North and South Carolina
• The Charlotte Comedy Theater, Charlotte's first professionally trained improv theater and training center^[4]
• Charlotte Convention Center, located uptown, housing numerous events of interest
• Charlotte Motor Speedway, located northeast of Charlotte in Concord
• Charlotte Museum of History^[5]
• Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
• Children's Theatre of Charlotte, one of the top youth theatres in the country^[6]
• Comedy Arts Theater of Charlotte (CATCh), Charlotte's only dedicated improv theater venue^[7]
• Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden, a 111-acre (0.5 km²) botanical garden located in Belmont
• Discovery Place, a science museum and IMAX Dome theater
• Discovery Place Nature, nature museum
• The Gaffney Peachoid, an hour south of Charlotte on Interstate 85 in Gaffney, South Carolina^[8]
• Harvey B. Gantt Center, preserves, promotes and presents African-American art, history and culture
• Historic Latta Plantation, former cotton plantation^[9]
• Historic Rosedale Plantation, restored house and gardens are open to the public^[10]
• Historic Rural Hill, colonial-era farm^[11]
• ImaginOn, educational children's library and theater
• Kings Mountain National Military Park, the site of a decisive Revolutionary War battle, located approximately 30 miles (50 km) west of Charlotte in Blacksburg, South Carolina
• Levine Museum of the New South, located in Uptown Charlotte, focusing on the city's post-Civil War growth from a textile mill town to financial hub
• The Light Factory Contemporary Museum of Photography and Film^[12]
• McGill Rose Garden
• Mint Museums, two separate facilities, one dedicated to fine art and the other to craft and design
• NASCAR Hall of Fame, located in uptown Charlotte
• NC Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, located in uptown Charlotte
• PNC Music Pavilion, outdoor amphitheater
• Point8 Forum, an open forum for artists, designers and all creative individuals^[13]
• Reed Gold Mine, site of the first gold find in the United States
• Spectrum Center (arena), an arena in uptown Charlotte, home of the Charlotte Hornets NBA team
• SouthPark Mall, upscale shopping mall located in SouthPark neighborhood
• Truist Field, home of the Charlotte Knights, a Triple-A minor league baseball team
• U.S. National Whitewater Center, facility opened in August 2006
• University of North Carolina at Charlotte Botanical Gardens
• Wing Haven Gardens and Bird Sanctuary

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