Young or old,  male or female,  gardeners or non, hikers, bikers, and all, love the North Carolina Arboretum. year round.  The  views are spectacular and the  outdoor Bonsai exhibit is...

Thomas Wolfe's childhood home, which he immortalized in "Look Homeward Angel," is almost exactly the same as when he lived there, and offers tours and information about his life and works.

This three-story, downtown art gallery exhibits fine works by local artists and craftspeople in a variety of media, including paintings, printmaking, ceramics, photography and blown glass.

Traditional and contemporary Southern Appalachian crafts, including century-old pieces, are displayed in this folk art center, which also houses the first craft shop in the U.S.

Waterfall slide, sending 11,000 gallons of water down a huge rock each minute.

Enter another world at this enormous spa, where the usual array of spa offerings are supplemented with even more luxurious pampering treatments, magnificent views, a spectacular pool with a glass atrium, an outdoor whirlpool where you can watch the North Carolina sunset and a pervasive sense of tranquility.

Malaprops Bookstore is one of those wonderful little places that may be responsible for putting the original "crunch" into Asheville. Emoke B'Racz was well ahead of her time when she opened her little

Animal center features an educational farm with livestock, small animals and poultry, plus a wide variety of animals on display, from bears and bats to spiders and snakes.