<p>Hey! For anybody familiar with the south, I have a question!</p>
<p>My relatives from Macau are planning to visit the US but it’s around the same time as when I have to move into college. So what we’re planning on doing is maybe going to Washington DC for a few days and then taking them down south to drop me off at college. Is there anything worth stopping and seeing on the way between Washington DC and upstate south carolina?</p>
<p>Thanks!!</p>
<p>The Biltmore Estate just outside Asheville, NC. Definitely worth seeing.</p>
<p>Biltmore would be great but Asheville would be a pretty big detour. OP, are you up for detours or looking for places to stop that are directly in you path between DC and Clemson? </p>
<p>On the direct path route you’ll basically hit Richmond VA, then rural VA/NC until you go through Durham NC (Duke Univ.??? maybe), then on down glorious I-85 to Charlotte and on to Clemson. Really not much to stop for.</p>
<p>If the relatives include any kids, maybe Busch Gardens and the water park in Williamsburg, VA? Check the date, though. These places cut their hours in August, perhaps because so many of their college student employees have to leave.</p>
<p>pierre, PackMom is right, it totally depends on if you all are going to look for things right near 95/85 or are going to veer off to visit and come back to the major highways. If you are staying close to the highways, you have Kings Dominion about an hour south of Washingon. I personally don’t care much for it, (Busch Gardens gets my vote everytime for a Va theme park) but teens/young adults love it. It also has a water park attached. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts just completed a multimillion dollar renovation in Richmond if they are into art, but I wouldn’t stop in Richmond otherwise unless they are into Civil War history, and if so you might want to stop there and also in Petersburg.</p>
<p>Obviously don’t know about your group’s interests, but the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Virginia (along I 95, just south of Washington, near the Quantico, VA exit) is definitely worth a stop. The exhibits are phenomenal–many are immersion exhibits, very well done. So much more than displays of guns and tanks–there are several rooms of life-size dioramas—Former Smithsonian exec directs the museum, offering a hint of the high caliber exhibits, etc. It’s really a walk through history–all the conflicts the Marines have fought, the history and traditions of the Marine Corps and the Marine band…Free of charge</p>
<p>[National</a> Museum of the Marine Corps](<a href=“http://www.usmcmuseum.org/]National”>http://www.usmcmuseum.org/)</p>
<p>I don’t mind a detour if it’s not too much of a detour.</p>
<p>Thanks for the suggestions, Biltmore sounds cool so I’ll suggest that to my family. Not sure how interested my family will be in military history (I am but probably not the rest of my family haha) but I’ll tell them about your suggestions too.</p>
<p>If you don’t mind a bit of a detour, Historic Williamsburg might be interesting… Probably only if they are interested in colonial US history, though.</p>
<p>Asheville doesn’t have to be that much of a detour if you take 85 -> 40 at Greensboro. Besides Biltmore, it has a very nice old town area with cute shops. And it’s a pretty drive!</p>
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I agree. Not much of a detour and the Biltmore is amazing. Asheville is pretty cool downtown too.</p>
<p>theres also Carowinds in the Charlotte NC area. Cool rollercoasters if anyone is into that. How about a seaside detour ?</p>