Located atop Ghost Mountain in Maggie Valley, it is open May through October. Tweetsie Railroad, on Highway 321 between Boone and Blowing Rock, offers a 3-mile trip on a restored steam train, crafts, rides, live entertainment and shops. Season runs May through the end of October. The house was heavily damaged by fire in 1998 but the visitor center is open. On Reems Creek Road off U.S. 25 near Weaverville is the restored late 18th-century homestead of North Carolina Senator and Civil War Governor Zebulon B. Vance.
Admission is free.
Horse, dog, livestock and other shows are scheduled throughout the year. It is located across from the Asheville Airport off I-26. Admission charge varies. This 36-acre facility operated by the N.C Department of Agriculture has retail and wholesale buildings, a restaurant and garden center. Features native animals and plants in natural habit.