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The last cigarette rolled out of Durham in 2000. Many of the old factory and warehouse structures have been converted into housing, retail, restaurant and office spaces. The city has changed its motto from "City of Tobacco" to "City of Medicine," based on the high concentration of medical practitioners and researchers at Duke and in Research Triangle Park, the Durham County special tax district formed in 1959 to attract high-tech jobs to the area.
The last cigarette rolled out of Durham in 2000. Many of the old factory and warehouse structures have been converted into housing, retail, restaurant and office spaces. The city has changed its motto from "City of Tobacco" to "City of Medicine," based on the high concentration of medical practitioners and researchers at Duke and in Research Triangle Park, the Durham County special tax district formed in 1959 to attract high-tech jobs to the area.
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There are many great attractions to visit in Durham including: Duke University (which includes the Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke Sports Hall of Fame, Nasher Museum of Art, and Duke University Chapel); the Durham Bulls Athletic Park; the Durham Performing Arts Center; the Carolina Theatre; St. Joseph's Performance Hall and the Hayti Heritage Center; the Museum of Life and Science; Patterson Mills Country Store; West Point on the Eno; and three state historic sites including Duke Homestead and Tobacco Museum, Bennett Place and Historic Stagville.
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Durham has a liberal trendy arts culture. It is an eclectic blend of the high class with an unusual concentration of four star restaurants (part owing to a strange bit of local family history) to trendy cafés on 9th Street, the independent bookstore "the Regulator" which draws famed authors from former secretary of state Madeline Albright to expert on everything John Hodgeman. You'll find old hippies, bikers and families in generally happy co-existence. The area has a very active gay community which stages both a famed regional film festival and an annual pride march. Politically the area is dominated by Democratic politics in an otherwise Republican leaning state.
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Duke University has a unique Gothic architecture. Duke Chapel is a cathedral-like centerpiece that soars 210 feet high on West campus. Sarah P. Duke Gardens is one of the premier public gardens in the U.S. and has more than five miles of walkways and paths. The Nasher Museum of Arts features classical to contemporary works and just hosted the blockbuster exhibit El Greco to Velazquez.
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The Durham Bulls are the most popular minor league baseball team in America, due to the enduring popularity of the 1987 movie "Bull Durham," filmed largely at the old Durham Athletic Park. They play now in the Durham Bulls Athletic Park which was designed by the architects of Baltimore's Camden Yards. The Duke University Blue Devils and North Carolina Central Eagles provide lots of opportunity for spectators through their mens and womens sports programs.
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Among the historic sites, Bennett Place has the privilege of having hosted the largest troop surrender that ended the Civil War, 17 days after General Lee surrendered at Appomattox. Duke Homestead features the Duke family's mid 1800s home, tobacco barns and cigarette factory, Historic Stagville, once among the Wouth's largest plantation holdings, features an 18th century house, slave quarters and a unique great barn.
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===Culture===
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Durham has a liberal trendy arts culture. It is an eclectic blend of the high class with an unusual concentration of four star restaurants (part owing to a strange bit of local family history) to trendy cafés on 9th Street, the independent bookstore "the Regulator" which draws famed authors from former secretary of state Madeline Albright to expert on everything John Hodgeman. You'll find old hippies, bikers and families in generally happy co-existence. The area has a very active gay community which stages both a famed regional film festival and an annual pride march.
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Politically the area is dominated by Democratic politics in an otherwise (nationally) Republican leaning state.
==Get in==
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==See==
==See==
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| content=The university's West Campus has a unique Gothic architecture, with the centerpiece being '''Duke Chapel''', a cathedral-like structure that soars 210 feet high.
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** See world-class art at the '''[http://www.nasher.duke.edu/ Nasher Museum of Art]''' at Duke University, located at the corner of Anderson and Duke University Roads. Don't miss the giant face-mask.
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** See world-class art at the '''[http://www.nasher.duke.edu/ Nasher Museum of Art]''' at Duke University, located at the corner of Anderson and Duke University Roads. The museum features classical to contemporary works and has hosted some major names in art. Don't miss the giant face-mask.
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** Go for a walk in the '''[http://www.hr.duke.edu/dukegardens/dukegardens.html Sarah P. Duke Gardens]'''.
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** Go for a walk in the '''[http://www.hr.duke.edu/dukegardens/dukegardens.html Sarah P. Duke Gardens]''', one of the premier public gardens in the U.S., and with more than five miles of walkways and paths.
* See the largest collection of lemurs outside of [[Madagascar]] at the '''[http://www.duke.edu/web/primate/ Duke Lemur Center]'''. Tours are by appointment only. Scheduling your tour at least two weeks in advance is recommended, but they can sometimes accommodate last-minute additions.
* See the largest collection of lemurs outside of [[Madagascar]] at the '''[http://www.duke.edu/web/primate/ Duke Lemur Center]'''. Tours are by appointment only. Scheduling your tour at least two weeks in advance is recommended, but they can sometimes accommodate last-minute additions.
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| content=This simple farmhouse was situated between Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's headquarters in Greensboro, and Union Gen. William T. Sherman's headquarters in Raleigh. In April 1865, the two commanders met at the Bennett Place, where they signed surrender papers for Southern armies in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida. It was the largest troop surrender of the American Civil War.
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| content=Comprises the remains of North Carolina's largest pre-Civil War plantation and one of the South's largest. It once belonged to the Bennehan-Cameron family, whose combined holdings totaled approximately 900 slaves and almost 30,000 acres by 1860. Today, Stagville consists of 71 acres, on three tracts. On this land stand the late 18th-century Bennehan House, four rare slave houses, a pre-Revolutionary War farmer's house, a huge timber framed barn built by skilled slave craftsmen, and the Bennehan Family cemetery.
| content=Comprises the remains of North Carolina's largest pre-Civil War plantation and one of the South's largest. It once belonged to the Bennehan-Cameron family, whose combined holdings totaled approximately 900 slaves and almost 30,000 acres by 1860. Today, Stagville consists of 71 acres, on three tracts. On this land stand the late 18th-century Bennehan House, four rare slave houses, a pre-Revolutionary War farmer's house, a huge timber framed barn built by skilled slave craftsmen, and the Bennehan Family cemetery.
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* '''Duke Homestead''' features the Duke family's mid 1800s home, tobacco barns and cigarette factory.
==Do==
==Do==
[[File:Lucky strike towers american tobacco campus.jpg|250px|thumb|American Tobacco Campus]]
[[File:Lucky strike towers american tobacco campus.jpg|250px|thumb|American Tobacco Campus]]
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* Watch a '''[http://www.dbulls.com/ Durham Bulls]''' minor-league baseball game. Tickets are $5 and up.
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* Watch a '''[http://www.dbulls.com/ Durham Bulls]''' minor-league baseball game. The Durham Bulls are one of the most popular minor league baseball teams in America, due to the 1987 movie "Bull Durham," filmed largely at the old Durham Athletic Park. They play now in the Durham Bulls Athletic Park which was designed by the architects of Baltimore's Camden Yards. Tickets are $5 and up.
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* Go watch a '''Duke men's basketball game''' if you visit during basketball season. Tickets are hard to get. Your best bet may be between December 15th and January 1st, when students (and some locals) are gone.
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* The Duke University Blue Devils and North Carolina Central Eagles provide lots of opportunity for spectators through their mens and womens sports programs. Go watch a '''Duke men's basketball game''' if you visit during basketball season. Tickets are hard to get. Your best bet may be between December 15th and January 1st, when students (and some locals) are gone.
* See an independent film or a play at the historic '''[http://www.carolinatheatre.org/ Carolina Theatre]'''.
* See an independent film or a play at the historic '''[http://www.carolinatheatre.org/ Carolina Theatre]'''.