From the March 4, 2013, Wilmington (NC) Star-News "Fort Fisher, Battleship among the state's most visited attractions" by Gareth McGrath.
North Carolina's 30-most-visited museums and historical attractions:
#7 Fort Fisher with 564,269
#12 North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher with 433,954
#21 Battleship USS North Carolina with 211,043
These rankings are a good thing as the state has begun closing down less-visited sites such as the Governor Aycock home near Goldsboro. The USS North Carolina is self-sustaining as far as funds.
By the way, the #1 attraction: The NC Museum of Natural Science in Raleigh with 1,220,814. (I wonder if that is based on class fieldtrips? This wa sthe first time in the last nine years that Biltmore in Asheville wasn't #1.
Old B-R'er
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