The day after Ground Hog day and it's 60 degrees out, sunny and beautiful! The perfect weather for a walk through some of Charlotte's terrific neighborhoods. Lenore Jones Deutsch, with HistoricCharlotte.org has come up with this terrific list of walks, with some of the highlights you'll see, and places to stop for a bite to eat.

Looking for something to do on a Sunday afternoon? Historic Charlotte invites you to discover some of the wonderful preservation achievements in Charlotte.

1. Take a walk through the impressive Fourth Ward District. You will admire dozens of charming Victorian homes, and can take a stroll through Fourth Ward Park, an oasis in the middle of the city. Finish your tour with lunch or dinner at Alexander Michael's Restaurant on West 9th Street, a neighborhood hangout.

2. Explore Plaza Midwood, especially Central Avenue, between Pecan and The Plaza. Be sure to visit Nova's Bakery (have a scone), and check out the Pura Vida gallery for treasures from around the world. Then head over to Queens Gallery on the Plaza for their latest art exhibit.

3. Check out NoDa (North Davidson Art area) and have lunch at (in the Historic Landmark Hand's Pharmacy Bldg.) followed by coffee at the Smelly Cat Coffee Shop on 35th Street. Then stop and smell the roses at McGill Rose Garden on North Davidson Street. Perhaps in the evening you can catch a show at the Neighborhood Theater.

4. Stroll through Dilworth, Charlotte's first suburban neighborhood (established between 1900 and 1940). Dine at 300 East in an historic old home, and feast your eyes on the goodies at Paper Skyscraper. The housing stock in Dilworth is quite eclectic, with lots of bungalows, but some contemporary homes as well.

5. Wander around Wesley Heights, and check out the 1911 Wadsworth House, a former funeral home now a meeting and conference center beautifully restored by former Superior Court Judge, Shirley Fulton. Walk the greenway from Wesley Heights to uptown Charlotte.

6. Walk down Hermitage Court and see if you can figure out why it recently became Charlotte's latest Historic District. While you are in the neighborhood drive down the stately streets of Myers Park.

7. Have lunch at NoFo, and experience eclectic food and good adaptive reuse. This is in the neighborhood of Elizabeth. Then drive down Clement Avenue to see some of the beautifully restored homes in the Elizabeth neighborhood. For dinner, dine at The Fig Tree Restaurant at the Lucas House on East 7th Street. This bungalow-style house won the Historic Landmark Award presented by Historic Charlotte in 2005.

8. Say "thank you" to developer Tony Pressley who started the redevelopment and revitalization of South End and check out the Historic Atherton Mill's collection of interesting shops. Visit the Charlotte Trolley museum for an explanation of the role of electric streetcars in the development of Charlotte beyond the inner city at the turn of the 20th Century.

9. See Johnson C. Smith University. This historic campus was founded in Charlotte in 1867 for black students. Check out Biddle Hall, the fine Romanesque revival centerpiece of the campus built in 1895 and recently renovated by Gantt Huberman Architects. The two year rehabilitation of this building was one of the winners of Historic Charlotte's Blast for the Past awards program in 2006.

10. Drive down to The Green on South Tryon and stroll through this beautiful urban park to the historic Ratcliffe Flower Shop that's been transformed to "Ratcliffe on the Green" for a taste of Carolina Cuisine. Then, if you have never been to the Charlotte Museum of History, check out this interesting facility on Shamrock Drive. You can explore three centuries of regional heritage. Visit the Revolutionary War-era home of Hezekiah Alexander (circa 1774) while you're in the neighborhood.