Manteo, North Carolina

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Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Preserves and protects 75 miles along North Carolina's Outer Banks. National park includes Cape Hatteras Lighthouse and visitors centers at Buxton (year-round), Bodie Island and Ocracoke (seasonal)

North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island

The North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island presents the aquatic environments of coastal Carolina through its theme "Water of The Outer Banks." The aquarium'

The Lost Colony

Experience history and mystery under the stars at the picturesque Waterside Theatre on Roanoke Island. In 1587, about 120 men, women and children established the first English colony in the New World, then vanished without a trace, leaving historians and archaeologists with one of America'

Elizabethan Gardens

A living memorial garden to the English colonists who came to America in 1584-1587. Designed by the renowned firm of Innocenti and Webel, it contains elements of 16th-century statuary, indigenous plants and herbs. The Elizabethan Gardens is one of many sites on the Historic Albemarle Tour (