<P> Similarly, in downtown Winston - Salem, the Piedmont Triad Research Park is undergoing an expansion . Approximately thirty miles to the east of Winston - Salem's research park, University of North Carolina at Greensboro and North Carolina A&T State University have joined forces to create the Gateway University Research Park, a technology - based research entity which will focus its efforts on areas such as nanotechnology, biotechnology & biochemistry, environmental sciences, and genetics among other science - based disciplines . </P> <P> Film studios are located in Shelby, Raleigh, Durham, Charlotte, Asheville, Wilmington, and Winston - Salem . Wilmington is the home of EUE Screen Gems Studios, the largest domestic television and film production facility outside of California . "Dream Stage 10," the facility's newest sound stage, is the third - largest in the US . It houses the largest special - effects water tank in North America . Since the studio's opening in 1984, Wilmington has become a major center of American film and television production with more than 300 productions under its belt . Some of the best - known films and television series filmed in the state include: Forrest Gump, Bull Durham, Richie Rich, Divine Secrets of the Ya - Ya Sisterhood, All the Real Girls, The Secret Life of Bees, Being There, Blue Velvet, A Walk to Remember, Glory, The Color Purple, Cabin Fever, Super Mario Bros., Cape Fear, Children of the Corn, The Crow, Cyborg, Dawson's Creek, Dirty Dancing, Evil Dead II, The Fugitive, The Green Mile, Hannibal, The Last of the Mohicans, Maximum Overdrive, Nell, One Tree Hill, Patch Adams, Junebug, Shallow Hal, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, Leatherheads, Nights in Rodanthe and 28 Days . Half of Stephen King's films were filmed in North Carolina . </P> <P> The television show most associated with North Carolina is The Andy Griffith Show, which aired on CBS - TV from 1960 to 1968 . The series is set in the fictional small town of Mayberry, North Carolina, and was based on the real - life town of Mount Airy, North Carolina, although it was filmed in California . Mount Airy is the hometown of actor Andy Griffith . The show is still popular in reruns and is frequently shown in syndication around the nation . North Carolina is also home to some of the Southeast's biggest film festivals, including the National Black Theatre Festival, RiverRun International Film Festival in Winston - Salem, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in Durham, North Carolina, and the BluMoon Film Festival in Greenville, North Carolina . </P> <P> Tourism destinations in the state include amusement parks, golf, wineries, beaches, mountains, and sports venues . The North Carolina tourism industry employs more than 190,000 people . The state is the 6th most visited in the country (preceded by Florida, California, New York, Nevada and Pennsylvania). The North Carolina Department of Commerce maintains a Tourism Services providing matching funds and consultation for development tourism in the state including rural tourism . </P>

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