The Country Doctor Museum.

Welcome to The Country Doctor Museum!

The Country Doctor Museum invites people of all ages to visit and learn about the history of rural health care in the United States. Docents lead tours through three buildings of exhibits and are available to answer questions. Exhibits contain artifacts relevant to the practice of medicine between the late 18th century and the first half of the 20th century.

The Country Doctor Museum is the oldest museum in the United States dedicated to the history of America's rural health care. It was created in 1967 by a group of energetic women from North Carolina, whose initial interest was to build a lasting memorial for rural physicians. Over the decades, the Museum's collection grew to over 5,000 medical artifacts and many volumes of historic texts gathered from across the nation. The interpretive range also expanded from rural doctors to include topics such as nursing, pharmaceuticals, and home remedies.

Exchange Nature Park In Kinston

A Waterfront Village with Southern Grace and Colonial History

Founded on November 6, 1712, Edenton will celebrate its 300th anniversary from November 6, 2012 through December 2013.
Edenton served as the first Colonial Capital until 1743. Its citizens then helped in our fight for freedom, and became instrumental in establishing the principles and values upon which our nation was founded.
Edenton survived the Revolutionary and the Civil Wars largely intact. Visitors today will find historic homes and three National Historic Landmarks preserving our heritage for future generations. The state’s oldest Courthouse, built in 1767 and still in use today, stands above the village green looking toward Edenton Bay.
Recently awarded the distinction by Forbes.com as one of America’s Prettiest Towns, Edenton shows her age with pride.
Today, Edenton boasts an active Downtown District surrounded by fine examples of Jacobean, Georgian, Federal, Greek Revival, and Victorian homes — allowing visitors to see the fabric of America‘s architectural styles come alive. Historic Edenton Visitor Center provides guided tours daily from its 108 North Broad Street location.
You will find unique shops, eateries, and other businesses serving residents and visitors alike. An active calendar of events covers outdoor recreation, including sailing, paddling, biking and baseball. Cultural events are plentiful — art exhibits, plays, and rare history treats such as the Carolina Charter. Seasonal festivals are even more picturesque set against the remarkable backdrop of this first Colonial capital and its lovely waterfront vista.
- See more at: http://visitedenton.com/index.html#sthash.9s2oGky0.dpuf

Exchange Nature Center

Get your hands wet investigating our salt-water touch tank filled with a variety of different coastal creatures. Explore numerous exhibits of plants and animals indigenous to North Carolina, including live venomous and non-venomous snakes, flying squirrels, talking birds, bears, bobcats and more. (Souvenirs are available for purchase.)

Venture into the cave in the lower level where you will find live turtles, mineral exhibits, nocturnal animal displays and aquariums depicting life along the full course of the Neuse River.

Activities at the Exchange Nature Center

Salt-water Touch Tank
Our salt water touch tank provides an opportunity to see and touch a variety of coastal creatures.

Wildlife Exhibits
Mount exhibits include bears, deer, turkeys, beavers, snakes and more. You can also see live snakes, venomous and non-venomous, turtles, flying squirrels, birds and more.  

The Cave
The "Underground Cave" is where you will see a skunk, turtles, iguanas, bearded dragons, frogs, mineral exhibits, crayfish, and aquariums filled with fish from the local Neuse River. Don't forget to visit the World's Most Dangerous Creature!

A Waterfront Village with Southern Grace and Colonial History

Founded on November 6, 1712, Edenton will celebrate its 300th anniversary from November 6, 2012 through December 2013.
Edenton served as the first Colonial Capital until 1743. Its citizens then helped in our fight for freedom, and became instrumental in establishing the principles and values upon which our nation was founded.
Edenton survived the Revolutionary and the Civil Wars largely intact. Visitors today will find historic homes and three National Historic Landmarks preserving our heritage for future generations. The state’s oldest Courthouse, built in 1767 and still in use today, stands above the village green looking toward Edenton Bay.
- See more at: http://visitedenton.com/index.html#sthash.9s2oGky0.dpuf

A Waterfront Village with Southern Grace and Colonial History

Founded on November 6, 1712, Edenton will celebrate its 300th anniversary from November 6, 2012 through December 2013.
Edenton served as the first Colonial Capital until 1743. Its citizens then helped in our fight for freedom, and became instrumental in establishing the principles and values upon which our nation was founded.
Edenton survived the Revolutionary and the Civil Wars largely intact. Visitors today will find historic homes and three National Historic Landmarks preserving our heritage for future generations. The state’s oldest Courthouse, built in 1767 and still in use today, stands above the village green looking toward Edenton Bay.
- See more at: http://visitedenton.com/index.html#sthash.9s2oGky0.dpuf

A Waterfront Village with Southern Grace and Colonial History

Founded on November 6, 1712, Edenton will celebrate its 300th anniversary from November 6, 2012 through December 2013.
Edenton served as the first Colonial Capital until 1743. Its citizens then helped in our fight for freedom, and became instrumental in establishing the principles and values upon which our nation was founded.
Edenton survived the Revolutionary and the Civil Wars largely intact. Visitors today will find historic homes and three National Historic Landmarks preserving our heritage for future generations. The state’s oldest Courthouse, built in 1767 and still in use today, stands above the village green looking toward Edenton Bay.
- See more at: http://visitedenton.com/index.html#sthash.9s2oGky0.dpuf

A Waterfront Village with Southern Grace and Colonial History

Founded on November 6, 1712, Edenton will celebrate its 300th anniversary from November 6, 2012 through December 2013.
Edenton served as the first Colonial Capital until 1743. Its citizens then helped in our fight for freedom, and became instrumental in establishing the principles and values upon which our nation was founded.
Edenton survived the Revolutionary and the Civil Wars largely intact. Visitors today will find historic homes and three National Historic Landmarks preserving our heritage for future generations. The state’s oldest Courthouse, built in 1767 and still in use today, stands above the village green looking toward Edenton Bay.
Recently awarded the distinction by Forbes.com as one of America’s Prettiest Towns, Edenton shows her age with pride.
Today, Edenton boasts an active Downtown District surrounded by fine examples of Jacobean, Georgian, Federal, Greek Revival, and Victorian homes — allowing visitors to see the fabric of America‘s architectural styles come alive. Historic Edenton Visitor Center provides guided tours daily from its 108 North Broad Street location.
You will find unique shops, eateries, and other businesses serving residents and visitors alike. An active calendar of events covers outdoor recreation, including sailing, paddling, biking and baseball. Cultural events are plentiful — art exhibits, plays, and rare history treats such as the Carolina Charter. Seasonal festivals are even more picturesque set against the remarkable backdrop of this first Colonial capital and its lovely waterfront vista.
- See more at: http://visitedenton.com/index.html#sthash.9s2oGky0.dpuf

Downtown Kinston

The vision of a Kinston business district – enlivened with downtown residents, restaurants, places for socializing, cultural opportunities and shopping – is becoming reality.

The opening of two new establishments on the heels of a huge Festival on the Neuse, plus construction underway at other properties, illustrates downtown’s growing attraction as a destination for locals and visitors alike.

 

• The Overland Gallery at 125 W. Blount Street attracted a large crowd of fans at its May 8 official opening. The gallery, owned by Dunn & Dalton Architects and being managed by Cynthia Dunn, an artist herself, contains work spaces and art works for sale by area artists. The Community Council for the Arts advises as curator.

 

• Ginger 108, a brand new Asian Fusion Grill at 108 W. North Street, opened its doors May 7 and became an immediate hit…attracting long lines of eager customers in its first week. The restaurant is a Stephen Hill project as part of the renovation of the Harvey-Brody building being leased from Pride of Kinston. The restaurant’s general manager is Bill Tsao. A second restaurant, due to open end of 2013 summer, is being built within the building with oysters and high end burgers as its featured fare.

 

• An urban garden has been constructed across the street from Ginger 108 to grow vegetables for use by the new restaurant.

 

• A revitalization plan for 201 N. Queen Street, sometimes called the “1903 building” recently purchased by the law firm Cauley Pridgen, calls for installation of an elevator, two one-bedroom apartments on the 3rd floor, the 2nd floor converted into office space for attorneys Jim Cauley and Brian Pridgen, and the 1st floor to be made available for a retail business. Mr. Cauley, who also serves as Kinston’s City Attorney, revealed the renovation plan week of May 6.

 

• A new and spacious apartment is being carved out of the old Square D Tire Store building at 300 N. Mitchell Street to be occupied by Susan Singer, mother of the Chef and Farmer’s Ben Knight. The apartment is positioned at the rear of the large structure so that it could overlook the Neuse River if the overgrown riverbank is cleared. It is also located adjacent to Pearson Park at the foot of North Street.

 

• Harriet Harper, owner of South Queen Barber Shop at 407 S. Queen, is buying three vacant storefronts adjacent to her business and converting them into one-bedroom apartments.

 

• Across the street between Shine and South Streets, a new entrance into historic Maplewood-Cedar Grove-Hebrew cemeteries is being constructed by Pride of Kinston with help from a large number of donors.

 

• And further down South Queen, a new park celebrating the multi-county African American Music Trail for which Kinston is the hub, is being constructed at the intersection of Queen and Springhill under the watchful eye of Sandi Landis of the Community Council for the Arts. A dramatic and colorful piece of public art will highlight the park once completed. Funding is being provided through a partnership between the NC Department of Cultural Resources, the NC Department of Transportation and the Golden Leaf Foundation.

• A business to be called Games Zone is being created at 209 N. Queen by two young entrepreneurs Gregory Dunk and Daniel Mitchell. The business is to be an arcade “to give young people something to do,” they say.
Target date for opening is May 21.

 

• The new CSS Neuse Center at 100 N. Queen is poised to open momentarily, pending completion of a State inspection of the new construction before handing it over to the NC Department of Cultural Resources. The museum, built to preserve the remains of the original CSS Neuse gunboat built and then scuttled near the end of the Civil War, will provide exhibitions to tell the story of the vessel and the Civil War environment in and around Kinston. 

 

• And on the horizon is Pride of Kinston’s Sand in the Streets outdoor concerts which begin June 6 in Pearson Park. The concerts, held on the bank of the Neuse River, have attracted thousands of music fans from throughout Eastern North Carolina.

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• A major billboard campaign along major routes leading to Kinston inviting travelers to “check us out” was launched last Fall and expanded in early 2013. The campaign, brain child of Pride’s Economic and Property Development Committee, attracted partners throughout the business and civic community and grew from 3 boards to nearly 20 by May. Kinston businessman Dan Sale was a major sparkplug expanding the initiative.

 

• The Red Room brought new life to 220 N. Herritage when Stephen Hill and Trent Mooring opened the music venue and eatery just before the Christmas season. The Dec. 1 opening attracted hoards of customers for the new venue as well as for its nearby cousin, Mother Earth’s Tap Room at 127 W. North Street which launched the company’s holiday brew.

• Kinston, a communications center: Clark Tutt, owner of Tutt Media Group, has purchased three eastern North Carolina stations: Channel 21 which serves Kinston, New Bern, Greenville, Washington and Goldsboro; Channel 41 which serves Jacksonville, Camp LeJeune, Sneads Ferry and Wilmington; and Channel 39 which serves Beaufort, Bayboro, Havelock, Morehead City and Atlantic Beach. Antennas to serve a potential market of 1.5 million viewers were being installed this Spring.

 

• Meanwhile Curtis Media Group purchased Kinston’s only radio station in November and has re-formatted the broadcasting capacity into three distinct units: WELS 102.9 FM classic hits of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s; WELS 1010 AM contemporary gospel; and WEQR 97.7 FM that plays today’s hits.

• 2013 BBQ Festival on the Neuse (May 1-4) was by all accounts drew the largest open air festival crowd in its history on Friday and Saturday. The festival, organized by the Kinston-Lenoir Chamber of Commerce, has become a May-time favorite destination for BBQ lovers from all over Eastern North Carolina and beyond.

• The Community Council for the Arts, with its year round series of cultural programs and exhibitions, has long been a destination for aficionados of art and culture. With the region’s largest collection of public art, the center adds immensely to the city’s quality of life.

• When one adds in long time merchants such as Tops-Bottoms-Soles at 135 N. Queen; and H. Stadiem Department Store at 124 N. Queen—each with a regional customer base—the notion that Kinston’s business future is bright indeed.

• The Run for the River 8K and One Mile Fun Run which attracts some 250-300 runners from here and across the State, an event which has become popular with local volunteers who are indispensable to the conduct of the event.

• J’s Place, a local club at 110 W. Blount Street, re-opened in November after extensive renovations.

• The Weeping Willow Boutique, a women’s store catering to young female customers, opened March 16 adding diversity to retail mix along Herritage Landing.

• Two new businesses opened last Fall along Herritage Landing: Paul Davis Restoration helping restore properties damaged by fire; and Stitches & Stuff featuring embroidery and related sewing programs. Both are housed at 211 N. Herritage.

Lenoir County Farmers Market

Kinston, North Carolina, located in Lenoir County is a historic city with an intriguing past, a vibrant present, and an exciting future. Visit Kinston soon, and let us captivate you with our "Southern charm".

37th Annual Grape Stomp @ Duplin Winery

September 7 Grape Stomp

Price:$15.00

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Join us for a Grape Stomp Celebration filled with music, grape stomping, wine tasting, and vineyard tours.

5:00pm - 9:00pm

Southwest Strawberry Farm - Family Things To Do In Jacksonville North Carolina 28540 28546

If you are looking for family things to do in Jacksonville North Carolina Southwest Strawberry Farm Is The Place To Go

Fun for the entire family it is summer and other than the beach Strawberry Picking has go to be the best thing for a family to do especially the little ones!

 

Blueberries at Southwest Strawberry Farm In Jacksonville North Carolina

You've been to the beach, you've been to the mall, you've been to the movies: Now it's time to come to Southwest Strawberry Farm! Our blueberries have just arrived and they are just waiting to be picked. We also have fresh-picked blueberries every morning, if picking isn't quite your thing.

We never use pesticides! We believe in growing healthful pesticide free produce for our community members.

And in addition to blueberries, we have watermelons, cantaloupes, cucumbers, potatoes, tomatoes, jalapenos, sweet white corn, and banana peppers! If you need it, we have it :)

Our hours of operation are Monday - Saturday 9-5pm.
We are located in southwest Jacksonville, NC at 2053 Pony Farm Road right off of Highway 53 - Just minutes from the new Walmart.

Lynwood Park Zoo

Lynnwood Park Zoo is built on a 10 acre parcel and has a 1/2 acre pond next to the picnic area.

The zoo was established in 1990.  We have been the only animal exhibiting facility in Onslow County and the Camp Lejeune area.

The zoo displays over 80 animal exhibits, with many different species ranging from reptiles, birds, mammals, and many, many more.  Following are some of the exhibits:
 

MAMMALS:
Zebra, Wallaby, Ocelot, Grey Fox, Antelope, Coatimundis, Mara, Pigmy Goats, Donkey, Scottish Highland Cows, Llama, Potbellied Pig, Serval cat, Arctic Fox, Barbary Sheep, Four Hourned Sheep, Capybara, Mara, Skunk, Red Fox, Welsh Mountain Sheep, and more....
 
REPTILES:
American Alligator, Burmese Python, Corn Snake, King Snake, Rat Snake, Eastern Box Turtle, Savannah Monitor, Blue Tongued Skink, and more....
  

BIRDS:
Barn Owl, Emu, Canada Goose, Turkey, Red Golden Pheasant, Polish Chicken, Silver Pheasant, Black Shoulder Peafowl, Mallard Duck, and more....
 

North Carolina Zoo

The North Carolina Zoo invites you to an adventure as BIG as all outdoors

Visit the North Carolina Zoo for fun with family and friends, for face-to-face animal encounters, to enchant and educate children or perhaps to enjoy the glorious gardens.

Connect with wildlife from two different continents as you explore 500 acres of exhibits carefully constructed to resemble natural habitats.  Walk from Africa’s grasslands to North America’s Arctic coast. 

Learn how the Zoo works to conserve and protect wild things and wild places.

Escape to the forests and streams of North Carolina’s beautiful Central Piedmont.  Located at the foot of the Uwharrie Mountains, the Zoo is just outside the charming southern town of Asheboro.

Discover more than 1,600 animals and 52,000 plants along five miles of shaded pathways.

North Carolina Zoo... connect your life to wildlife.

Yoga In Jacksonville

 

Vinyasa Flow Yoga

Today 6:00p to 7:00p More dates & times (26)

Northwoods Recreation Center Jacksonville, NC

Vinyasa Flow Yoga is designed for adults of all ages and fitness levels, from beginner to intermediate levels. Expect progressive poses and sequencing to ignite your practice physically & mentally. A typical class will consist of teaching breathing techniques, proper postures, and finish with a relaxation period. The class is challenging but fun, and modifications are offered for every level. There are no fitness levels required for the class, only thing needed is yourself and a Yoga Mat.

Edenton, NC is breathtaking in spring – the colonial houses, the landscape, the old plantations … all speak history

Historic Edenton Pilgrimage of Homes and Countryside

Guests tour 12-15 of Edenton's finest private homes, all at least 100 years old, hosted by docents in period costume. This event has been a North Carolina tradition since 1949, presented biennially. Horse-drawn carriage rides, concerts, lectures, exhibits, special meals, and much more will be a part of the festivities. The public historic sites are open with special events at no charge. In addition, the 2013 Pilgrimage will feature a vintage quilt show in the 1767 Chowan County Courthouse for an additional charge.

Make Checks Payable to: Edenton Womans Club,PO Box 12, Edenton, NC 27932

Time:	10am-4pm
Fee:	$25 in advance/$30 day of/groups of 20 or more $20 each
Phone:	252-482-3400 / 1-800-775-0111