16/Take your
camera to
visit Airlie Gardens’
Butterfly House. The
second Wednesday of each
month, bird hike on the
North Carolina Birding Trail.
After sunset, be wowed
at the illuminated Minnie
Evan’s Bottle Chapel.
Airlie Gardens, 300 Airlie
Road, 910-798-7700
17/Golf the Muni
— Wilmington’s
18 holes designed by
Donald Ross. Or check out
the putt-putt course at
Jungle Rapids Family Fun
Park for the little golfers.
The Wilmington Municipal
Golf Course, 311 S. Wallace
Ave., 910-791-0558
Jungle Rapids, 5320 Oleander
Drive, 910-791-0666
18/Dine outdoors
at
Indochine’s Thai
garden and order
Bun Thit Nuong — a
refreshing cold noodle
dish, perfect for
summer nights.
Indochine Restaurant,
7 Wayne Drive,
910-251-9229
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WBM july 2011
15/ Take a walk
on the dark
side. Some of the Cape
Fear area’s best-preserved
history lies in its cemeteries.
Oakdale is a great first
choice for a final resting
place tour. After that, sign
up for the Ghost Walk of
Old Wilmington for a tour
of downtown’s eeriest
haunts.
Oakdale Cemetery,
520 N. 15th St.,
910-762-5682
Haunted Wilmington,
910-794-1866
20/Historic Home tours.
Visit the historic Latimer House,
home of the Lower Cape Fear Historical
Society and pick up a walking tour map
of historic Wilmington’s mansion row.
Don’t miss the Burgwin-Wright house or
the Bellamy Mansion Museum of History &
Design Arts.
The Latimer House, 126 S. Third St.,
910-762-0492
The Burgwin-Wright House, 224 Market St.,
910-762-0570
Bellamy Mansion Museum of History &
Design Arts, 503 Market St., 910-251-3700
19/Catch an earful. Enjoy free music
at Airlie Garden’s Concert Series 2011,
Mayfaire’s Music on the Town, UNCW’s Summer Nights
Under the Stars, or the Downtown Sundown concert
series on the Cape Fear Riverwalk on Friday nights.
Airlie Gardens, 300 Airlie Road, 910-798-7700
Mayfaire Town Center, 6835 Conservation Way,
910-265-5131
UNCW Summer Nights Under the Stars, 601 S. College
Road, Cultural Arts Building, 910-962-3195
Cape Fear Riverwalk, North Water Street between
Princess and Market streets
The Burgwin-Wright House
Things you
MUST do this
summer