An evening bluegrass performance in Raleigh, North Carolina, during the 2014 World of Bluegrass festival. This year's festival runs Sept. 30 through Oct. 1. James Walters/Visit Raleigh/TNS
With a museum scene that’s earned the nickname Smithsonian of the South, a notable restaurant repertoire and a boast-worthy beer scene, an unassuming North Carolina town has an abundance of built-in reasons to brag.
