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Top 20 Non-Obvious Destinations Near Raleigh, NC
20 places within 25 miles of downtown Raleigh, starting with our Featured Selections, then the closest.
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Science & Discovery Museums
North Carolina Museum Of Natural Sciences
Raleigh, NCLargest natural history museum in the Southeast.
0.2 miles from downtown
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Observatories & Planetariums
Morehead Planetarium And Science Center
Chapel Hill, NCTrained NASA's Mercury, Gemini and Apollo astronauts.
25 miles from downtown
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History & Culture Museums
North Carolina Museum Of History
Raleigh, NC0.2 miles from downtown
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Historic Libraries
North Carolina State University Libraries
Raleigh, NC1.0 miles from downtown
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Botanical Gardens & Arboretums
J. C. Raulston Arboretum
Raleigh, NC3.4 miles from downtown
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Botanical Gardens & Arboretums
Juniper Level Botanic Garden
Raleigh, NC11 miles from downtown
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Children’s Museums
The North Carolina Children's Museum
Chapel Hill, NC24 miles from downtown
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