a poster with small images of each place described below

Destinations and Experiences in Orange County

Chapel Hill & Orange County Welcome Center 308 W. Franklin Street in Chapel Hill.
Funding

No property taxes are used to fund the Visitors Bureau.

The Visitors Bureau is funded by occupancy taxes collected from guests of county accommodations. Orange County collects a 3% occupancy tax from all guests, which the Board of Commissioners has dedicated to the operation of the Visitors Bureau. The Town of Chapel Hill levies an occupancy tax of 6% (which includes the county’s 3%) and allocates a portion of these receipts to the operations of the Visitors Bureau.

The Bureau’s budget (2024-2025) is $2,718,554. Also includes additional funds from Chapel Hill and $10,000 America 250 grant.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill which opened in 1795 is the oldest public university in US. map of campus

Carolina Basketball Museum ... Michael Jordan, Tar Heel national titles, game winning shots, ode to Dean Smith

NC Botanical Garden nature trails, carnivorous plant collections, aquatics, herb garden, revolving artwork exhibits

Morehead Planetarium & Science Center first in the South, one of the largest in the US

The Carolina Inn, the "University's living room" with a cozy restaurant Carolina Crossroads as well as Pittsboro Street Provisions ...

Ackland Art Museum can be an introduction to Peter Paul Rubens, Eugene Delacrois, and Andy Warhol

Coker Arboretum provides 5 acres of walking paths through trees and wild-flowers on the UNC-CH campus. [This is one of about a dozen tracts of land managed by NC Botanical Garden , see the Visit context menu]

As of April 17, 2025 the former Kidzu Children's Museum in University Place is now the North Carolina Children's Museum.
Franklin Street was named after Benjamin Franklin, a proponent of practical education for youth murals to be seen
Whitehall at the Villa in Chapel Hill.
Leland Little Auctions in Hillsborough.
Merritt's Store "Home of the World-Famous BLTs" and chicken fried humor

Wegmans
Why is there no apostrophe in Wegmans?
It’s been missing in action since 1931, when the company incorporated, and we simplified the logo. Believe it or not, adding an apostrophe to the sign on the front of each of our stores would cost more than a half million dollars! Not to mention changing the logo on all our products, bags, etc. Just think of it as the plural Wegmans, as in the many generations of Wegman family members that have built the company!
quoting
https://www.wegmans.com/service/faq
Trader Joe's

Fresh Market

Whole Foods

Weaver Street Market with three locations in Orange County.

[ Aldi, Food Lion, Harris Teeter, ... ]

Chapel Hill Public Library

Drakeford Library in Carrboro, which is the Orange County Southern Branch Library.

Orange County Public Library in Hillsborough.
microbreweries:
music:
Southern Village just south of Chapel Hill ... eat, stroll, listen to music. [ Meadowmont ]
Midtown Market includes:
West Franklin Street near Carrboro includes:
Carrboro's East Main Street includes:
Carrboro's Weaver Street Market is the largest community-owned co-op grocery store in the southeast. [But they also have stores in Hillsborough, in Chapel Hill in Southern Village, and (outside of Orange County) in Raleigh.] {The poster listed this store twice in #14 and in #22.}

Carr Mill Mall in Carrboro has boutique shops

The NC Farm App (also available on the Apple app store) can lead you to three farmer's markets

Maple View Farm

Hillsborough's Eno Arts Mill has 7,000 square feet of studios for art, music, classes.

Hillsborough's Old Orange County Courthouse has been cited as one of the finest examples of Greek Revival architecture in the U.S.

Hillsborough contains many late 18th and early 19th century structures.

Hillsborough's Ayr Mount Historic Site circa 1815 includes of NC's finest Federal-era plantation homes, including a one-mile long walking trail along the Eno River.

The Alexander Dickson house is now the Visitors Center.

Hillsborough's The Burwell School Historic Site is an early 19th century house with outbuildings that is open to the public.

Hillsborough's Orange County Historical Museum includes what is believed to be the only complete set of colonial weights and measures within the U.S.

Historic Moorefields home and site was built in 1785 as a summer home by Alfred Moore, a military and educational leader and prominent jurist.

Hillsborough's Riverwalk is a two mile long greenway including bridges and boardwalk with access to loop trails, parks, and the Eno River.
numerous hiking trails

[ Cedar Grove, Efland, Mebane, ... ]