Name: Tar Heel Traveler: A trip back in time to Vacationland
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Description: In the mid-1900s, the state launched a major ad campaign aimed at getting people on the roads and visiting North Carolina sites.

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In the mid-1900s, the state launched a major ad campaign aimed at getting people on the roads and visiting North Carolina sites.

IT WAS GIVEN THE ALL-CLEAR. DOMINION ENERGY IS WORKING TO REPAIR THE LINE. >>> TOMORROW IS THE START OF MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. >> OUR TAR HEEL TRAVELER TAKES US ON THE ROAD AND BACK IN TIME. WE FIND SCOTT MASON AT THE MUSEUM OF HISTORY IN RALEIGH WITH AN EXHIBIT THAT CELEBRATES THE STATE AND ITS MANY SITES. >> THIS TIME PERIOD WAS REALLY A TIME WHERE FOLKS WERE GETTING CARS, FOLKS WERE ABLE TO GET OUT AND TRAVEL. >> Reporter: NORTH CAROLINA'S VARIETY VACATION LAPPED. ARE WE THERE YET? >> I GUESS THE PURPOSE WAS TO GET PEOPLE ON THE ROADS AND TO THE SITES. >> YEAH. SO IT STARTED IN THE 1930s. >> Reporter: AN AD CAMPAIGN. >> THERE WERE POSTCARDS. THERE WAS EVEN A TV SHOW. THERE WAS A JINGLE. THERE WERE MOVIES, BILLBOARDS. SO MANY THINGS THERE TO MARKET NORTH CAROLINA AS VARIETY VACATION LAND. SO MANY SITES IN THE COAST AND THE PIEDMONT. >> Reporter: SCENIC HIGHWAYS OF BREATHTAKING BEAUTY. LET YOUR TRAVELS BRING YOU FACE TO FACE WITH HISTORY >> Reporter: THE MOUNTAIN REGION. >> THE ENTIRE APPALACHIAN CHAIN RUNS AT A GREATER ALTITUDE THAN THIS ONE. >> IT WAS REALLY POPULAR. >> Reporter: WISH I WAS THERE. >> IT'S GREAT TO BE RIGHT HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA. >> IT'S AN HONEST PORTRAYAL OF WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. >> YES, THIS IS NORTH CAROLINA, THE OLD NORTH STATE. >> THEY WERE TRAVELING TO VISIT FAMILY, MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH NORTH CAROLINA, AND YET NOT PART OF THIS CAMPAIGN. >> Reporter: THE GREEN BOOK. >> IT HAD LISTINGS OF HOTELS, MOLTS. >> Reporter: FOR AFRICAN- AMERICANS. >> THESE WERE PLACES THAT WERE SAFE. THEY COULD BRING THEIR FAMILY IN, MAKE SURE THEY MADE IT BACK HOME SAFELY. >> CHEROKEE WAS A POPULAR SITE. IT WAS A HOLLYWOODIZED SITE. >> Reporter: FOR WHEN YOU COULD JUST KICK YOURSELF. >> HERE HE COMES. WEE! >> Reporter: THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST. >> LOOK, HE'S GOT A BITE ALREADY. REEL 'OR IN, FELLA. >> Reporter: THE AD CAMPAIGN DID REEL THEM IN. THE LOST COLONY, THE LAND OF OZ. >> CHIMNEY ROCK, LIKE A SENTINEL GUARDING THE WESTERN HIGHLANDS. >> Reporter: WHEN THE URGE IS STRONGER TO STAY A LITTLE LONGER. >> FUNNY THAT SIGN DOESN'T WORRY THEM. WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY? OH, HE'S THE GAME KEEPER'S COUSIN. >> Reporter: KIND OF MAKES YOU WANT TO HIT THE ROAD. >> I CAN TELL YOU I CANNOT WAIT TO START TRAVELING AGAIN. >> Reporter: VARIETY VACATION LAND. AWAY WE GO. NORTH CAROLINA >> SO MUCH TO DO IN THIS STATE. THE VARIETY VACATION LAND EXHIBIT IS CURRENT ON DISPLAY AT THE NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF

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