For the convenience of our visitors, Visit Winston-Salem has created special tours of our city, Cultural Corridors. These tours were created by taking our terrific visitor attractions, combining them with the things only locals know, sprinkling in some intriguing stories, and then adding clever drive narratives, complete with directions and hometown music. Visitors can select a favorite theme (see below) and then click through for more details on these made-to-order adventures.



Walk along the path of the Great Wagon Road and soak up 250 years of history. Tour Historic Bethabara Park, Bethania, Old Salem, the West End Historic District, Horne Creek Living Historical Farm and the fascinatingly odd Körner’s Folly. See our sites. Live our history. Make your own memories.

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Go places where you’re never discouraged from touching. Run outdoors at Tanglewood Park, climb the giant beanstalk at The Children’s Museum of Winston-Salem, have fun and see the planets at SciWorks. Also, explore Historic Bethabara Park, Wake Forest University's Museum of Anthropology, Sam McMillan's shop and Horne Creek Living Historical Farm.

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Beautiful settings, incredible art, magnificent homes, and a guide to take you there. See how they lived. Be moved by the art. Explore Reynolda House, Museum of American Art, Reynolda Gardens of Wake Forest University, Historic Reynolda Village, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, the Museum of Anthropology, the Charlotte and Philip Hanes Gallery at Wake Forest University, and Graylyn International Conference Center.

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Experience rich African American history, culture, and arts through the stories of the visionaries who forged their place in our history. Immerse yourself in Old Salem, St. Philip’s Moravian Church, the Downtown Arts District and Winston-Salem State University’s Diggs Gallery. Savor the experiences that are the Delta Arts Center and the Biggers Murals. Learn about the Winston-Salem Chronicle, a weekly newspaper serving the city's African American residents.

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Because of the growing number of wineries, separate tours have been created to allow wine lovers to return again and again. Here are just a few of those in our area. To our west, find Westbend Vineyards, the oldest in the region; RayLen Vineyards, a popular event site; Shelton Vineyards, also know for its cheeses; Hanover Park Vineyards with tastings housed in an old farmhouse; Rag Apple Lassie, named after the owners' prized cow. In the eastern portion of the Yadkin Valley is Childress Vineyards and to our north are Black Wolf Vineyards and Old North State Winery.

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The Cultural Corridors project is a partnership of the Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County & Visit Winston-Salem. Recording provided by 88.5 WFDD, your NPR News & Triad Arts Station from Wake Forest University This project received support from the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of North Carolina and the National Endowment for the Arts.




 
 

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