The Tryon Palace Historic Sites and Gardens is a well known tourist destination in New Bern, North Carolina. It is actually a historic site, built in 1767 to 1779 as the site where the first permanent capitol of the British colony of North Carolina was situated. The Tryon Palace was actually the NC?s first state capitol before it was moved in Raleigh in 1794.

The Tryon Palace Historic Sites and Garden is an interesting site where history and nature?s beauty meet. It features the historic Tryon Palace, restored in the 1950s, the NC History Center, some historic homes including the Dixon, Stanly, and Hay Houses, and a series of beautiful gardens.

The Tryon Palace Historic Sites and Garden is the perfect historic complex to learn about the colorful past of the state of North Carolina.