With museums to visit, performances to watch and barbecue to devour – just to name a few options – it's easy to stay busy in Asheboro.

1. Get in touch with your wild side at the North Carolina Zoological Park.

2. Zip over to Richland Creek to enjoy a Canopy Tour through the forest.

3. Enjoy a performance at the Sunset Theater, originally built to serve as Asheboro's first movie theater in 1930.

4. Visit the North Carolina Aviation Museum to check out a variety of aircrafts and exhibits.

5. Eat up at Blue Mist Bar-B-Q, where the pork barbecue is smoky and the sweet tea is legendary.

6. Start your engines and head to the Caraway Speedway to watch a race.

7. Hike through the Birkhead Mountain Wilderness and make your way into the Uwharrie Mountains, which are considered to be the oldest on the North American continent.

8. Cruise to the American Classic Motorcycle Museum and see one of the most expansive private collections of Harley-Davidson motorcycles in the United States.

9. Watch the Asheboro Copperheads play a home baseball game at McCrary Park.

10. Take on a challenge Tot Hill Farm Golf Club; the course was ranked the 7th Toughest Course in America by Golf Digest in 2007.