The U.S. National Whitewater Center is dedicated to the promotion of the active lifestyle. Since 2006, the Whitewater Center has been promoting access to the outdoors for all levels of participants through its 30+ land and water-based activities, outdoor instruction and certification programs, festivals, races, films, and various outdoor events throughout the year. Whether you visit the Center’s 1,300 acres on the Catawba River or engage in the brand’s mission through one of our off-site initiatives, the Whitewater Center empowers guests to play, relax, and learn outside.
Today, in a beautiful park setting, intimate galleries invite visitors to engage with the art of the ancient Americas, ceramics and decorative arts, and European and African art, among other collections. Resources include a reference library with over 18,000 volumes, a theater featuring lectures and performances, and a museum store offering merchandise that complements both the permanent collection and special exhibitions. Mint Museum Randolph showcased the well-regarded traveling exhibition Never Abandon Imagination: The Fantastical Art of Tony DiTerlizzi, and will host the first ever exhibition to focus exclusively on the black basalt sculpture made by Josiah Wedgwood, Classic Black: The Basalt Sculpture of Wedgwood and His Contemporaries.
7th Street Public Market is a bustling urban food destination in the heart of Charlotte's Center City! The Market's mission is to celebrate the food culture of the Carolinas and promote local and regional farmers, food artisans and entrepreneurs. The Market provides high quality, fresh and affordable food, as well as local products, seven days a week. We are at the base of the 7th Street Station parking deck, between 6th and 7th streets and adjacent to the Lynx Blue Line's 7th Street stop. Parking is validated for the first 90 minutes with a purchase from a Market business.
At Sycamore Brewing, we believe fresh beer made with top-notch ingredients should be enjoyed by everyone. So, a few years back, with proud roots in Charlotte, we set out to brew beers that bring people together and drink easy from the first sip to the last. After humbly perfecting some of our favorite recipes over the last decade, we’re honored to share them with you. If you like exceptionally fresh, tasty beer, we invite you to gather a few friends and neighbors and enjoy a pint of Sycamore.
Located in the heart of Dilworth, this circa-194o's style building creates an atmosphere reminiscent of the wine bars and Enotecas of Europe. We have an open air private courtyard/ patio that is Charlotte's premier secret garden, luxurious seating, and nearly 30 feet of mahogony, copper and steel bar from which one can partake from a bold and unique wine list focused on low-production, high-quality wines.
The NASCAR Hall of Fame is an interactive entertainment attraction honoring the history and heritage of NASCAR. The high-tech venue, designed to educate and entertain race fans and non-fans alike, opened May 11, 2010, and includes artifacts, hands-on exhibits, a 278-person state-of-the-art theater, Hall of Honor, Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant, NASCAR Hall of Fame Gear Shop, NASCAR Productions-operated broadcast studio and an attached parking garage on Brevard Street.
Founded in 2012 with our first location in the Plaza Midwood neighborhood of Charlotte, NC our goal was to bring our own perspective to the craft beer market and what it means to share a beer with our friends. In 2018 we launched our second location in the Capital Towers Building of SouthPark. Two different locations, One unified purpose.