What a charming history museum, complete with multiple air conditioned buildings, including the…read morecarriage house (with an iron lung) and a delightful medicinal garden. The educational and interesting guided tours begin on the hour and are lead by a professional guide. The museum is very well done--thank you East Carolina University. While it is called the Country Doctor Museum, a good portion of it is a tribute to the work and impact of nurses as well. Learn about the apothecary and unique stories about various artifacts in the museum. There are no opportunities for hands-on experiences and small children may not be the best guests. Seniors (over 55) get a discount. The gift shop has an variety of themed gifts for purchase. I took visitors from Illinois and they loved it. I'll bring other guests who visit Eastern NC.

The Country Doctor Museum has been updated since my prior visits. Admission is $8 and your tour…read morestarts in the gift shop building which also has a library and some medical artifacts. Guided tours run on the hour and you will get to see the building that was a country doctor's office, a medicinal herb garden is behind this building, then the last building is where the carriages, old vehicles and the iron lung are located. You will see how medicines were made with herbs and how the pills were cut. They used what was available. There is a room with surgery tools and prosthetics. The tools used changed over the years and they learned that hot water prevented some infections from developing. The newest addition is a sick room. This room shows what it was like if you were sick and isolated. The room also has a lot to read and see of how health care has evolved. Vaccines are much more recents that I realized. The last building showcases the carriages and some Ford vehicles. There are some doctors bags to see as well. The iron lung gives a visual to imagine what that would have been like to be inside. Even though I have visited this museum a few times, I learn something new every time. They also keep updating the museum and adding new artifacts. The gift shop is also a great place to find some unique gifts.

The Freeman Roundhouse Museum is located in Wilson, NC. It opened in 2001. Admission is free but…read moredonations are welcome. The museum focuses on African Americans in Wilson and tells about the history. It is divided into sections so you can learn more about veterans; medicine; education; art; the citizens and religion. Bill Myers wanted the house restored and preserved as the house was where a housing project was to be built. This led to the city buying the house and moving it to its current location. The dinosaur sculpture was among the items that moved with the house. There is a display about the move and all that went into that. The museum started out in the round house built by Oliver Nestus Freeman but as the museums displays grew from the donations received, they needed to build another building that opened in 2018. Freeman built the house in 1946 as there was a shortage of housing for soldiers returning from WWII. He was a stone mason. The circular house had wedge shaped rooms. It was thought to be made of stone but they have found bottles, concrete from sidewalks; scrap wood; tree saplings, marbles and strings used too. Wilson's first redevelopment project was named the Freeman Place because of his architecture and the community he built. If you can't visit the museum in person there, you can visit on a virtual tour.

The Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park has opened the Vollis Simpson Whirligig Museum since my last…read morevisit. The museum is across from the park on Goldsboro St and admission is free. The museum and gift shop are together in the suite so it isn't a large museum but there is a lot to look at and read as well as a tv to watch the magic at work. The museum is where you can learn more about Vollis Simpson and his work. The large hands are impressive to see featured as he made beautiful works of art with scrap metal. He was a machinist by trade and artist in retirement. In WWII he built a windmill to power a washing machine to clean the clothing of soldiers. He took ordinary objects and made something amazing with it. His mechanical creations that move in the wind started out on his farm then later moved to the park when he could no longer take care of them properly. Smaller whilrligigs can be seen up close in the front window but remember not to touch them although it is tempting. After visiting the museum, be sure to go in the park to see the fifty foot creations. There are several restaurants to choose from within walking distance of the museum too. I highly recommend visiting so that you can learn more about this remarkable man.

Wow... amazing and unique and intriguing and entertaining... what an amazing and nifty find in this…read morelittle town - only a few miles off of I-95. Worth a visit!

The Tobacco Farm Life Museum is located in Kenly, NC. Admission was $10 but when I checked in on…read moreYelp it had a deal for $5 admission! We watched a 15 minute or so video when we first arrived that went over planting tobacco, harvesting it and preparing it to sell. There was a lot to it. While the museum's focus is on the tobacco history, it also covers agriculture; medicine; education; and general life in the area. Some of the museum is inside the main building and there are buildings outside that you can enter or peak into. I highly recommend visiting this museum.

Trip back in time. Interesting museum and the buildings are in excellent condition and staged with…read moreperiod pieces appropriately.

The Town of Bailey is a small town in the Suburbs of Raleigh, NC. It is only a 25 minute drive to…read moreRaleigh and a 30 minute drive to Greenville. The town has the small town atmosphere where everyone knows eachother and looks out for eachother. There is very little crime which is hard to find in a Town nowadays.

From the owner: The Town of Bailey office serves the citizens of Bailey, North Carolina, providing waste/water…read moreservices, as well as opportunities for involvement in the community.

Mr. Fantastic is amazing! All the children (and adults) loved his show at my child's birthday party.read more

Mr. Fantastic did a wonderful job entertaining a group of 20+ kids at my daughter's 5th birthday…read moreparty. The kids had a blast and the parents enjoyed the show as well. It was fun to listen to the kids laugh for an hour straight.