Durham’s American Tobacco Campus

The tobacco industry was the base of Durham’s economy for a hundred years.

Duke Lemur Center

The grandchildren of Zoboomafoo, the lemur star of a public television children’s show that aired from 1999-2001, are living in Durham.

Raleigh, the capital city of North Carolina, holds the largest intact 19th century neighborhood, called Oakwood.

I did not realize that it was on the grounds of the North Carolina Museum of Art. But how serendipitous!

I ignored the Visitors Center and went directly to the trail.

I was not expecting a magnificent cathedral.

This story was intentionally kept out of our history textbooks.

Every time I walked out the door of the hotel, I found more art. It’s everywhere in Durham!

All of this to say that Durham is a distinctly art-minded community.

We went on four tours in a single day at the McMenamins Edgefield campus.