Tag Archives: Agri-Cultural Tourism

Fifty Years to the National Register

January 13, 2009 – 2:50 pm

RALEIGH – The Wilbur and Martha Carter House in Greensboro, built in 1951, is one of North Carolina’s most recent additions to the National Register of Historic Places. The ’50s period modernist dwelling fits the profile of many 1950s vintage boomers: trendsetting and with a humanistic strain.
It was one of 56 properties nominated in 2008 [...]

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Guidebook Offers “Staycation” Tips

July 18, 2008 – 2:44 pm

The new guidebook, “Homegrown Handmade: Art Roads and Farm Trails,” is getting rave reviews and flying off the shelves.  The book, produced the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources and N.C. Cooperative Extension, features 16 self-directed driving trails in 76 mostly rural North Carolina counties that have loads of opportunities for “staycations.”  Each multi-county section has [...]

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Homegrown Handmade Kickoff

June 11, 2008 – 1:10 pm

 
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On a hot, sunny day, folks came from all over to celebrate the launch of Homegrown Handmade: Art Roads and Farm Trails at the Benjamin W. Best Country Inn and Carriage House in Snow Hill.

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Museum Shop Offers Special Father’s Day Gifts

June 10, 2008 – 1:19 pm

Are you having trouble finding a different type of gift for that special dad for Father’s Day? Look no further than the colorful shelves of the Museum Shop at the N.C. Museum of History in downtown Raleigh.
 
A new addition to the gift selection this year is the travel book Homegrown Handmade: Art Roads and Farm [...]

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‘Homegrown Handmade’ Launches

June 5, 2008 – 9:06 am

 New Guidebook Promotes
“Agri-Cultural Tourism”
Eclectic sites abound in Homegrown Handmade: Art Roads and Farm Trails, a new travel guide to authentic arts and agricultural experiences, unique places and people in North Carolina.  The 400-page book of 16 self-directed driving trails with ideas for affordable travel includes almost 1,300 sites in 76 North Carolina counties. 
 
The trails are [...]

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