Charlotte, NC

Banking capital with a brewery problem. The good kind.

Charlotte has more breweries per capita than you'd expect from a banking city, and the NoDa and Plaza Midwood neighborhoods have real energy. The Whitewater Center is the only Olympic-training facility that's also a public park — kayaking, climbing, mountain biking, all for one day pass. Discovery Place is excellent for kids, and the food scene is growing fast. U.S. National Whitewater Center: $59 day pass gets you whitewater rafting, rock climbing, zip lines, mountain biking, and flatwater kayaking. Best activity deal in any American city.

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