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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Greensboro

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Greensboro, North Carolina

Updated November 8, 2017

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The original Woolworth lunch counter is largely intact at the museum.

Greensboro, North Carolina

Site of the Woolworth Lunch Counter Sit-in

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

Greensboro, North Carolina

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Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.
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Gibsonville, North Carolina

Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum

A museum dedicated to an incredible woman who founded a pioneering school for rural Black students.
9 miles from Greensboro
Hoggatt Cabin

High Point, North Carolina

Hoggatt House

This colonial cabin is the oldest building in High Point, built by one of the first settlers in the area.
12 miles from Greensboro
The restored giant bureau in High Point.

High Point, North Carolina

High Point Chest of Drawers

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.
14 miles from Greensboro
Körner's Folly House and Museum.

Kernersville, North Carolina

Körner’s Folly

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.
16 miles from Greensboro
The Chair of Thomasville

Thomasville, North Carolina

'The Chair'

A 30-foot-tall cement chair pays tribute to a historic design and a local industry.
20 miles from Greensboro
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