Caldwell County is also home to a rich diversity of historic attractions chronicling its unique history, dating back to the Revolutionary War:

• Antique Vending Company — one of the world’s largest private collections of vintage antique soda machines.
• Bernhardt-Seagle Hardware — the second-oldest hardware store in the country, established in 1829.
• Caldwell Heritage Museum — a chronological history of Caldwell County from pre-colonial days to the present, including Native American spears and arrowheads, early maps, grants and deeds.
• Chapel of Rest — located in the Patterson School Historic District, both the chapel and its cemetery are listed on the National Registry of Historic Places.
• Coffey’s General Store — an historic collection of antiques, the original post office, store fixtures and photographs of Mortimer and Edgemont from the early 1900s.
• Fort Defiance — the restored home of General William Lenoir, famed captain of the 1780 Battle of Kings Mountain, which is listed on the National Registry of Historic places.
• Granite Falls History & Transportation Museum — features local transportation memorabilia and history from the Granite Falls area.
• Hickman Windmill Park & Hudson Railroad Depot Museum — a renovated depot originally built around the turn of the 20th century and used as a train station until the 1970s.
• Hog Waller Marketplace — an historic market on the streets of downtown Lenoir, originally used for trading during the mid1900s.
• Laura Foster Grave — the final resting place of the tragic heroine of the Tom "Dooley" Dula story made famous in The Kingston Trio’s ballad “Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley."
• Mortimer, Edgemont, and Chester-Lenoir Railroad — from 1873 to 1970, the area was home to the Chester-Lenoir Railroad, a narrow-gauge logging railroad which connected the large logging mill town of Mortimer with the town of Edgemont, where the original train depot still stands.
• Todd’s Country Store — a vintage country store, established in 1924, located in the scenic Buffalo Cove community.