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Stores Classic Treasures (used furniture store) 2659 Durham Chapel Hill Blvd Durham, NC 27707 (919) 401-5777 See the animals North Carolina Zoo 4401 Zoo Pkwy, Asheboro, NC North Carolina has a wonderful zoo in Asheboro, North Carolina. The driving time is about 75 minutes from Chapel Hill, it takes about 5 hours to visit all the interesting sites in the zoo. I went there with my family on January 5, 2007, and we had a great time there. The route I took was 15‐501, then 64 to Asheboro. After you reach Asheboro, look for the sign to the zoo (the sign is on your right, but you need to turn left at the sign). Duke University Lemur Center You need to make reservation to visit the Lemur Center. Highly recommended. Fearrington Village It is a very nice community. I visit the village at least twice a year to see the cows and sheep, browse in the bookstore, have a pleasant afternoon coffee and desert in the café, and drive around the neighborhood. A great Saturday afternoon activity for your family. Historic Sites Duke Homestead The Duke family used to own 80% of the American tobacco industry. Visit their homestead to see where and how they built the tobacco empire. Bennett Place Site of the negotiation of the civil war's largest troop surrender. You will learn a lot about the American civil war at this place. A great place to learn about American history. Moon, Stars, and Space UNC Morehead Planetarium At Morehead Planetarium and Science Center you can experience dazzling multimedia star shows, varied exhibits, year-round programming for all ages and stellar shopping at the Infinity Gift Shop. Morehead Observatory Guest Night The observatory is home to a 24-inch reflecting telescope. During the program, visitors can tour the observatory, see the telescope in action. When weather permits, visitors can observe the moon, planets, star clusters and nebulae directly through the telescope as well as obtain images with an electronic CCD camera. Museum North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences 4 floors of exhibits include four great whales, the world´s only Acrocanthosaurus and Willo, the dinosaur with a heart! The Museum is located downtown Raleigh. General Admission is free. Monday - Saturday, 9 am – 5 pm Sunday, noon – 5 pm NC Museum of Life and Science It showcases aerospace, weather, geology, Carolina wildlife, farmyard, train rides, traveling exhibits, gift shops, café and more culminating with the tropical Magic Wings Butterfly House. Food, Coffee, and Beer Guglhupf Bakery & Patisserie 2706 Chapel Hill Blvd Durham, NC 27707 (919) 401-2600 Great coffee, deserts, bread, and beer. Guglhupf is right next to the Chinese grocery store on 15/501. Use Google Map to find the exact location. Trader Joe's 1393 Kildaire Farms Rd.Cary, NC 27511 Store Hours: 9 am – 9 pm Phone: 919-465-5984 Trader Joe's is a very popular grocery chain store on the west coast. It opened its first store in North Carolina a few month ago. The store is in Cary, not very convenient for those of us living in Chapel Hill. But it is a very different grocery store than Harris Teeter or Food Lion. I go there quite often. It might be too far for those who live in Chapel Hill. Whole Foods Market 81 S Elliott Rd Chapel Hill, NC 27514 (919) 968-1983 Our favorite grocery store, a lot of organic foods. A Southern Season Hwy 15/501 (Cross Street: Estes Drive)Chapel Hill, NC 27514 (919) 929-7133 Fax: (919) 942-9274 Take your family there. A high end grocery store. It has a great selection of wines, coffee, and chocolate. Fowler's Food and Wine I like the atmosphere here, very relaxing. Not easy to find if you do not know Durham well. You can find the directions at their website. Restaurants George's Garage A great restaurant for family. It has a very nice bar too. POP'S A great restaurant for family. TAVERNA NIKOS Located in the Brightleaf Square. The best Greek restaurant in the Research Triangle. The Siena Hotel & Il Palio Ristorante One of the two 4 star hotels in the Research Triangle Area. It has the best Italian restaurant in this area. Expensive, but the best. NANA'S 2514 University Drive, Durham NC res.(919)493-8545 Nana's remains one of the most popular restaurants in the Triangle area since 1992. Pubs James Joyce Pub 912 W Main St Durham, NC 27701 Great beers, but too many students sometimes .There are a lot of bars in this area. I need to find time to write them down.