Glen Alpine, North Carolina

Swan Ponds is a historic plantation house located near Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. It was built in 1848, and is a two-story, three-bay, brick mansion with a low hip roof in the Greek Revival style. It features a one-story low hip-roof porch with bracketed eaves, a low pedimented central pavilion, and square columns. Swan Ponds plantation was the home of Waightstill Avery (1741–1821), an early American lawyer and soldier. His son Isaac Thomas Avery built the present Swan Ponds dwelling. Swan Ponds was the birthplace of North Carolina politician and lawyer William Waightstill Avery (1816–1864), Clarke Moulton Avery owner of Magnolia Place, and Confederate States Army officer Isaac E. Avery (1828–1863).It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

The Linville River is a river in western North Carolina, United States. The river begins in the slopes of Peak Mountain, Sugar Mountain and Flattop Mountain, in the Linville Gap area (also known as Tynecastle). As it goes south through Avery County, it passes through the communities of Grandfather, Linville, Pineola, Crossnore and finally at Linville Falls. After entering Burke County at the community of Linville Falls, the river becomes the centerpiece of the Linville Falls and the Linville Gorge, an area referred to as "the Grand Canyon of North Carolina." After approximately 30 miles (48 km), the river ends at Lake James and the Catawba River; the original confluence with the Catawba River has been flooded by the creation of the reservoir in 1923. In 1975, North Carolina designated 13.0 miles (20.9 km) of the river as Linville State Natural River, including it in the state's Natural and Scenic Rivers System.

Freedom High School is located in Morganton, North Carolina.

Quaker Meadows Cemetery is a historic cemetery located near Morganton, North Carolina, U.S.. It includes 59 gravesites dated between 1767 and 1879; 53 of them are marked by gravestones. The earliest grave is of David McDowell (1767), the two-year-old grandson of Joseph McDowell, the first permanent white settler in the area.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

Quaker Meadows, also known as the McDowell House at Quaker Meadows, is a historic plantation house located near Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. It was built about 1812, and is a two-story, four bay by two bay, Quaker plan brick structure in the Federal style. It features two one-story shed porches supported by square pillars ornamented by scroll sawn brackets. The Quaker Meadows plantation was the home of Revolutionary War figure, Col. Charles McDowell. It was at Quaker Meadows that Zebulon Baird Vance (later American Civil War governor) married Charles McDowell's niece, Harriet N. Espy.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.The house is owned by the Historic Burke Foundation and has been restored to an 1812 appearance. It is open for tours and available for rent. The owner of the plantation was Joseph McDowell Jr. (1758–1801), who was nicknamed Joseph "Quaker Meadows" McDowell to distinguish him from his cousin Joseph "Pleasant Gardens" McDowell (1756–1795). Since Joseph Quaker Meadows McDowell, Jr. died in 1801, the original plantation must have been built during his lifetime.

Gilboa Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church located near Salem, Burke County, North Carolina. It was built in 1879, and is a rectangular two bay by four bay, frame church building. It sits on a stone pier foundation and has a standing seam metal roof.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

John Alexander Lackey House is a historic home located at Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. It was built about 1900, and is a two-story, T-shaped, gable roofed, brick farmhouse. It has a one-story, gabled kitchen wing. The house features Colonial Revival style detailing.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

Creekside is a historic home located near Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. It was built in 1836, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick mansion with a gable roof in the Greek Revival style. It features a tetrastyle pedimented portico covers with heavy stuccoed brick Doric order columns. The interior features Federal style decorative elements. It was built by Thomas George Walton, great nephew of George Walton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

Burke County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 87,570. Its county seat is Morganton.Burke County is part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Morganton is a city in and county seat of Burke County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 17,474 at the 2020 census. Morganton is approximately 75 miles (121 km) northwest of Charlotte and 57 miles (92 km) east of Asheville. Morganton is one of the principal cities in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Mountain View is a historic plantation house at Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. It was built about 1815, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay, Federal-style brick house. It was remodeled in the 1870s in the Gothic Revival style. It features a two-story gabled porch with decorative bargeboards. Later remodelings added Victorian- and Colonial Revival-style decorative elements.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

Salem is a census-designated place (CDP) in Burke County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,218 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area.