Attractions: Visit history... without the boring.

As early as the 1850s, Asheville was attracting the attention of celebrities due to its extraordinary scenery and cool, crisp mountain air. Today, history is still being made, and is always worth seeing. From famous downtown Asheville, boasting more art-deco architecture than any other southeastern city except Miami Beach, to the elegance of George Vanderbilt's 250-room Biltmore House, historic attractions give Asheville a richness and heritage all its own.

Biltmore Farms Hotels is happy to provide a full plan for your day, but here are just a few of the many historic attractions awaiting you in Asheville.

• Asheville Historic Trolley Tours - A fun tour of Asheville onboard a vintage trolley
• Biltmore Estate - America's largest and most wondrous home
• Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site - A guided tour of the great American poet's home
• Downtown Asheville - More than 150 splendid shops, galleries and cafes
• Historic Asheville Walking Tours - Glimpse Asheville's historic neighborhoods first hand
• Montford Area Historic District - Homes and businesses, including 15 bed and breakfasts
• Museum of the Cherokee Indian - 10,000 years of thrilling artifacts and history
• Riverside Cemetery - Final resting place for many of Asheville's early prominent citizens
• Southern Appalachian Radio Museum - A collection of radios from WW1 to the 1960s
• Thomas Wolfe Memorial State Historic Site - Novelist Thomas Wolfe's boyhood home
• Wheels Through Time Museum - Rare American motorcycles and 100 years of American cars
• Zebulon B. Vance Birthplace - 1830s farmstead where NC's Civil-War governor was born