Raleigh and Wake County offer many attractions that don’t cost a lot of money. You can visit parks, museums, and historic sites, listen to concerts, and attend festivals. These websites provide information about many free activities.

• Artspace, a thriving visual art center.
• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Gardens, a public park devoted to Dr. King and the civil rights movement. 
• Historic Oakwood Cemetery, resting place of approximately 2,800 Confederate soldiers, five Civil War generals, seven governors, and numerous U.S. Senators.
• North Carolina Museums of Art, History, and Natural Sciences
• North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame
• Shelley Lake, a 53-acre lake/park that includes two miles of paved greenway trails with exercise workout stations. Enjoy fishing, canoeing, sailing, row boating, pedal-boating, biking, hiking and picnicking.