Wilson, North Carolina
Whirligig Park (Formerly Acid Park)
A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Hamer, South Carolina
South of the Border
I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.
Durham, North Carolina
The Can Opener
This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.
Permanently Closed
Maxton, North Carolina
Laurinburg-Maxton Aircraft Boneyard
This airfield is home to a number of retired vintage planes in various states of disrepair.
Durham, North Carolina
Duke Lemur Center
This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.
Permanently Closed
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Abandoned Dome House
Rotting dome home spotted near Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Mount Gilead, North Carolina
Town Creek Indian Mound
This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.
Sanford, North Carolina
Endor Iron Furnace
Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.
Bear Creek, North Carolina
Devil’s Tramping Ground
A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.
Cameron, North Carolina
Cameron Barnstormer Murals
The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.
Sanford, North Carolina
Old Carbonton Dam
An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.
