Best Traditional American Carolinas Charleston 1670 Historic District Asheville Biltmore Estate 1895 Great Smoky Mountains UNESCO 1983 Outer Banks Wright Brothers 1903 Hilton Head and Carolinas Deep Heritage Tour Destinations
Browse more guides: United States travel | North America destinations Best Traditional American Carolinas Charleston 1670 Historic District Asheville Biltmore Estate 1895 Great Smoky Mountains UNESCO 1983 Outer Banks Wright Brothers 1903 Hilton Head and Carolinas Deep Heritage Tour Destinations TL;DR The Carolinas , North and South Carolina sitting side by side on the Atlantic seaboard, hold a tight cluster of American heritage that punches well above its weight. Major destinations: Charleston SC 1670 Historic District plus Rainbow Row 13 Georgian houses, the Battery and Fort Sumter where the Civil War began on April 12 1861 , Asheville NC and the 1895 Biltmore Estate, George Vanderbilt's 250-room, 175,000 sq ft mansion that remains the largest privately owned home in the USA , Great Smoky Mountains National Park, UNESCO 1983 and the most visited national park in the country at 12.5 million visitors a year across 2,114 km² , the Outer Banks NC plus the Wright Brothers National...