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City in North Carolina, United States
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Fayetteville is a city in Cumberland County, in the western part of the North Carolina Coastal Plain region. It is the county seat of Cumberland County, and is best known as the home of Fort Bragg/Liberty/Bragg (the name of which changed thrice in as many years,) a major U.S. Army installation northwest of the city.
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Fayetteville's premier historical landmark, built in 1838 to replace the state house that burned down in 1831, and marking the city's center point.
A military museum dedicated to the nation's premier warriors. Several eras of Special Operations missions are on display.
The historical complex includes the museum building with more than 400 years of history seen in exhibits; the 1897 Poe House, a late-Victorian house museum; and the historic Arsenal Park, the remains of an ordnance factory that served both the Federal and Confederate governments.
A former train station with some vintage cars and exhibits. Could be a little sleepy, maybe if you like looking at cotton pickers and stuff it's going to be okay.
Learn about the 82nd Airborne Division here, with demonstrative parachuting aircraft on display.
Different cultivated gardens and landscapes along the Cape Fear River.
State park providing opportunity to explore Sandhills North Carolina geologic zone and swamps, with a pioneer type house called the Rockefeller House.
The downtown area of Fayetteville (Hay Street) has undergone a massive clean-up over the last few decades and now provides a few blocks of tourist-friendly shops and restaurants.
A place where you can hike to your heart's content and check out Cape Fear River habitats and inhabitants, like turtles.
An indoor rock climbing gym in downtown Fayetteville.
City baseball team playing at Segra Stadium.
A Spring festival with a carnival, car show, games, and concerts.
A Fall festival with live music, food trucks, hayrides, and haunted trails.
Traditional fine dining with enjoyable ambience
Romantic Italian restaurant.
Named the best Italian restaurant 10 years running by the Fayetteville Observer.
A local Mexican restaurant chain in the Fayetteville area.
Inexpensive Southern cooking buffet for when you just want to feed your face type of thing.
Country club. Wednesday is $1 special night.
Karaoke and billiards.
Live music and pool tables.
Irish pub. Good on Thursday and the weekends.
By train
There is an Amtrak station downtown at 472 Hay Street, served by the Palmetto and Silver Meteor routes.
By bus
Megabus. Service from Atlanta, Athens, Columbia, Durham, Richmond, and Washington, D.C. Buses stop at the Fayetteville Transit Center, at East Russell Street and Old Wilmington Road.
The Fayetteville Area System of Transit (FAST) serves the Fayetteville and Spring Lake regions, with ten bus routes and two shuttle routes.
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