Editing Wilmington, North Carolina (section)

===Museums and historic sites===
[[File:USS North Carolina-27527.jpg|right|thumb|The [[USS North Carolina (BB-55)|USS ''North Carolina'' Battleship Memorial]], seen from downtown Wilmington, across the [[Cape Fear River]]]]
[[File:Railroad Museum in Wilmington, NC IMG 4452.JPG|right|thumb|The Railroad Museum is located behind the Hilton Hotel.]]
* [[Cameron Art Museum]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cameronartmuseum.com |title=Wilmington, NC |publisher=Cameron Art Museum |access-date=May 21, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Bellamy Mansion|Bellamy Mansion Museum of History & Design Arts]]
* [[Cape Fear Museum of History and Science]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.capefearmuseum.com |title=Cape Fear Museum |publisher=Cape Fear Museum |access-date=May 21, 2013}}</ref>
* The Children's Museum of Wilmington<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.playwilmington.org |title=Welcome to the Children's Museum of Wilmington! |publisher=Playwilmington.org |access-date=May 21, 2013}}</ref>
* [[First Baptist Church (Wilmington, North Carolina)|First Baptist Church]], founded in 1808
* [[First Presbyterian Church (Wilmington, North Carolina)|First Presbyterian Church]], historic Presbyterian church
* Grace [[United Methodist]] Church, founded in 1797
* Hannah Block Historic USO/Community Arts Center<ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome to the Hannah S. Block Community Arts Center |url=http://wilmingtoncommunityarts.org |access-date=April 28, 2017}}</ref>
* Latimer House Museum and Gardens<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Latimer House |url=https://latimerhouse.org/ |access-date=November 22, 2023 |website=latimerhouse.org}}</ref>
* [[St. James Episcopal Church (Wilmington, North Carolina)|St. James Episcopal Church]], oldest church in Wilmington
* [[Basilica Shrine of St. Mary (Wilmington, North Carolina)|St. Mary Catholic Church]], historic Roman Catholic church in Wilmington
* [[Sunset Park Historic District]]
* [[Temple of Israel (Wilmington, North Carolina)|Temple of Israel]], [[Oldest synagogues in the United States|oldest]] [[synagogue]] in North Carolina
* [[USS North Carolina (BB-55)#Memorial and museum|USS ''North Carolina'' Memorial]]
* Wilmington Railroad Museum<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wilmingtonrailroadmuseum.org|title=Wilmington Railroad Museum|access-date=April 28, 2017}}</ref>

The Second and Orange Street USO Club was erected by the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers|Army Corps of Engineers]] at a cost of $80,000. Along with an identical structure on Nixon Street for African-American servicemen, it opened in December 1941, the same month that the Japanese attacked [[Pearl Harbor]]. From 1941 to 1945, the USO hosted 35,000 uniformed visitors a week. Recently renovated with sensitivity to its historic character, the Hannah Block Historic USO (HBHUSO) lobby serves as a museum where World War II memorabilia and other artifacts are displayed. The building itself was rededicated in Ms. Block's name in 2006 and restored to its 1943 wartime character in 2008. The building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The World War II Wilmington Home Front Heritage Coalition,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wilburjones.com/world-war-two-wilmington-coalition |title=WWII Wilmington Home Front Heritage Coalition – Wilbur Jones Compositions, L.L.C |publisher=Wilburjones.com |access-date=May 21, 2013}}</ref> an all volunteer 501(c)(3) preservation organization, is the de facto preservationist of the building's history and maintains the home front museum.