A Charlotte guide where every fact has a source on it
Built from 2,517 researched records rather than rewritten from other guides. Where something could not be established, it says so. Where something changes — hours, prices, admission — it links to whoever actually knows instead of printing a number that will be wrong by spring.
What brings you here
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Free things to do in Charlotte
Two free museum nights, both Wednesday, three minutes apart — and the free lunchtime tour nobody mentions.
/free/Charlotte Douglas: everything except the flight
“Booked” does not mean full. Plus where the food actually is, by concourse.
/visiting/clt-airport/Day trips from Charlotte
Nineteen destinations. And why you should check a park’s alerts before driving ninety minutes.
/day-trips/Where to park for a greenway walk
All 75 county-recorded parking entrances — and the hours trap that catches people out.
/outdoors/greenway-parking/How Charlotte's neighbourhoods were made
Built entirely from National Register nominations. Why Charlotte grows south-east.
/neighbourhoods/how-they-were-made/Just moved to Charlotte: the first few weeks
You have 60 days. And Mecklenburg is one of only 19 counties with emissions testing.
/living-here/first-weeks/We opened 1,360 Charlotte business websites. 29 of them weren't the business any more.
Offshore gambling sites sitting on lapsed Charlotte business domains. Every one returns HTTP 200. The dataset is free to download.
/about/link-rot/Public art in Charlotte
242 works, and the ordinance that explains why so many are bolted to a building.
/culture/public-art/Or go straight to
The directory
2,038 verified places, businesses and organisations. Searchable, and honest about which ones are researched and which are only listed.
/directory/The greenway map
Every active segment and all 419 public entrances, coloured by surface, with recorded parking marked.
/outdoors/greenway-map/Every park, one by one
287 parks and recreation sites with what the county records at each: amenities, parking, district, hours.
/parks/The public art register
All 242 works, with artist, owner and setting — including the interior ones you cannot simply walk up to.
/public-art/Historic places
301 listed buildings, districts and landmarks, each with its designation record.
/places/Explore the records
All of the above in one place, browsable by architectural style, by town, by artist and by venue.
/explore/All 54 guides
Everything written so far, grouped by what you might actually be doing.
/guides/How this was made
The evidence model, what we refuse to publish, and what is not finished yet.
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