Mint Museum of Art
With the recently added Dalton Wing, this stately museum displays a fine survey of European and American art, as well as the internationally recognized Delhom Collection of porcelain and pottery. Also featured are pre-Columbian art, contemporary American prints, African objects, vast collections of costumes and antique maps, and gold coins originally minted at the facility. New galleries exhibit studio glass and pottery from North Carolina studios. An admission ticket also gains you admittance to the Mint Museum of Craft & Design (220 N. Tryon St.).

Wing Haven Gardens & Bird Sanctuary
Since 1927, one of Charlotte's special attractions, created by Elizabeth and Edwin Clarkson, has been a 3-acre enclosed area in the heart of a residential neighborhood. Mrs. Clarkson was known as the city's "bird lady." Some 142 winged species have been sighted in the walled garden, which was once a bare clay field. Birders and garden lovers will have a field day as they browse through the Upper, Lower, Main, Wild, Herb, and Rose gardens. The gardens are at their most splendid in the spring, when birds are returning from their winter migration. A bulletin board tells you which birds are around at the moment.

Discovery Place & the Nature Museum
Discovery Place is one of the top hands-on science and technology museums in the region. This uptown center features such permanent exhibits as a tropical rain forest and an aquarium. There's also an OMNIMAX theater. The static-electricity demonstration, which literally makes your hair stand on end, is a perennial favorite. Temporary exhibits on loan from other science centers keep the place forever changing.

Doubletree' Hotel Charlotte-Gateway Village
The DoubleTree Hotel Charlotte is conveniently located off I-77(exit 10/10B) in Downtown Charlotte within the Gateway Village Community and the heart of Johnson & Wales University's Charlotte Campus to open in September 2004. The DoubleTree is a 187 room full-service facility just six blocks from the Downtown central business district, four blocks from Bank of America Stadium (home of the Carolina Panther's NFL Team), and one mile from Charlotte Convention ...

Staybridge Suites CHARLOTTE-ARROWOOD
Staybridge Suites SW Charlotte located in the Arrowood Business District and a Carowinds Preferred Hotel offers a choice of three spacious suite accommodations: studio, one bedroom and two bedroom/two bath. An extended stay hotel with suites featuring fully-appointed kitchens, including microwave, coffee maker and apartment size refrigerator with icemaker. Separate living and work areas come complete with Complimentary High Speed Internet, dual line speaker phone, data port and personalized ...

Hilton Charlotte Executive Park
The Hilton Charlotte Executive Park is conveniently located in the heart of Charlotte's most complete business center at Interstate 77 and Tyvola Road. The hotel is six miles from Charlotte Douglas Int'l Airport and five miles from Uptown ...