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Old Salem Museums & Gardens
Reynolda House Museum of American Art
Kaleideum Downtown
Kaleideum North
Historic Bethabara Park
Reynolda Garden
Frank L. Horton Museum Center
West End Historic District
Triad ECO Adventures
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA)
Ryan's Restaurant
Village Tavern
Foothills Brewing
Meridian
Bailey Park
Adventure Landing Winston-Salem
Sweet Potatoes
Lam Museum of Anthropology, Wake Forest University
Dewey's Bakery
Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery
Mozelle's Fresh Southern Bistro
Between the Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina and the Atlantic Ocean lies a modern city founded in 1766. Today, this town of less than 400,000 people has eight institutions of higher learning, 80 parks, numerous galleries and museums, many unique restaurants, golf courses and Salem College, the oldest college for women in the country. Best things to do in Winston-Salem with kids include SciWorks, the Children's Museum of Winston-Salem, and the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art.
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