This WorldWeb.com travel and tourism guide for Beaufort, featuring hotels and other accommodations, tours, attractions, events, shopping and more, will help you plan a successful visit to Beaufort, North Carolina , U.S.A.

Founded in the early 1700s, Beaufort was one of North Carolina's largest ports during the American Revolution, boasting a history characterized by the stuff of legend and folklore. In the 18th century, many captains and pirates established homes on the waterfront, including the notorious Blackbeard. For chilling tales of murderous pirates and haunted houses, take an evening tour of Blackbeard's house and the Old Burying Ground, a cemetery over 300 years old. A number of other historic sites are still standing today, and visitors have the chance to take a docent-led tour that visits the 18th-century home of a wealthy plantation owner, the 1797 Carteret County Courthouse, the 1829 County Jail and a mid-19th-century apothecary. Another popular Beaufort attraction is the North Carolina Maritime Museum, which highlights the salient points of North Carolina's maritime and coastal natural history through several exhibits.