Discover Our State Big-city lights Come check out Carolina’s Queen City By Cindy Hawkins
Above | Experience art at the Levine Museum of the New South. Left | Museums abound in Charlotte, including the Mint Museum
by skyscrapers. Charlotte, the Queen City, has the cure for your big-city hankerings, and it’s just a few hours away from Fayetteville. You can find everything here from
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fine arts to NASCAR. The city is home to some of the sport’s biggest racing teams. Visit one of their shops or bone up on your NASCAR history at the Hendrick Motorsports Museum. True fans have already circled 2010 on the calendar, anticipating opening day
or those of us who grew up in or near large cities, we sometimes get the big-city blues – the fever to linger in museums, the ache to see a horizon dominated
of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. In the meantime, catch an actual race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. cabarruscvb.com
Linger in a museum If high-brow pursuits are more your
speed, museums abound. Museum hounds should check out The Mint, North Carolina’s first art museum. Housed in an old federal building that served the region as the first branch of the United States Mint, the museum offers a diverse collection of artwork including American, African, Asian and pre-Columbian works, as well as costumes, contemporary art and photography. Nearby is the museum’s sister facility, The Mint Museum of Craft
