<DIV><DIV><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in">North Carolina is a traveler&rsquo;s dream, from the Great Smoky Mountains to the Outer Banks&rsquo; historic lighthouses, wild&nbsp; horses, and charming fishing villages; from battlegrounds of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars to the &ldquo;heart of motorsports&rdquo;; from rolling wine country and golf courses to stately plantations and rustic settlements.&nbsp; Whether you travel North Carolina for its historic treasures or natural beauty, this handy guide will help you find the Old North State&rsquo;s most spectacular sites and secret treasures.&nbsp; The book charts weekend adventures and day trips along back roads and scenic routes, into the state&rsquo;s many mist-shrouded mountains--the Black, the Blue Ridge, and the Great Smokies--and down to its ever-changing shores.&nbsp; Sumptuously illustrated, with maps and all manner of interesting detail, <I>Backroads of North Carolina</i> is a page-by-page pleasure, as well as a passport to the more off-beat delights of the Tar Heel State.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p></DIV>