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torreyorlopp

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North Carolina native that has lived in Honolulu, Austin, and St. Louis. I've traveled extensively across the United States, the Caribbean, and parts of Europe. I currently work in commercial interior design and am fascinated by historic & abandoned places worldwide!

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Atalaya

Murrells Inlet, South Carolina

Atalaya

The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.

Travelers Chapel exterior.

Conway, South Carolina

Travelers Chapel

This tiny chapel next to a highway provides weary travelers a place to rest, pray, or maybe even get married.

Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson

Winnabow, North Carolina

Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson

From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.

Gravestones at the British Cemetery .

Ocracoke, North Carolina

British Cemetery of Ocracoke

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

Chalk Sound Blue Hole

Providenciales and West Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands

Chalk Sound Blue Hole

A 220-foot deep watery drop-off, filled with marine life.

The mermaid and piano.

Bahamas

The Musician

A full-scale sculpture of a mermaid and baby grand piano hidden underwater by David Copperfield.

Swimming pigs.

Big Major Cay, Bahamas

Pig Beach

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

Queen's Staircase.

Nassau, Bahamas

Queen's Staircase

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

Corolla Wild Horses

Corolla, North Carolina

Corolla Wild Horses

One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

Currituck Beach Lighthouse

Corolla, North Carolina

Currituck Beach Lighthouse

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

Monument to a Century of Flight.

Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

Monument to a Century of Flight

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

Jockey's Ridge

Nags Head, North Carolina

Jockey's Ridge

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

Outer Banks Futuro House
Permanently Closed

Frisco, North Carolina

Outer Banks Futuro House

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

The Hatteras Weather Bureau Station.

Hatteras, North Carolina

Hatteras Weather Bureau Station

This historic sunny-yellow building has an unfortunate connection to the sinking of the Titanic.

Sunset Old Burying Ground

Beaufort, North Carolina

Old Burying Ground

Burial site more than 300 years old.

A church still stands in Portsmouth, NC.

Ocracoke, North Carolina

Portsmouth Village

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

Belhaven Memorial Museum

Belhaven, North Carolina

Belhaven Memorial Museum

A monument to the sheer amount of oddities one can collect over a lifetime.

Whirligig Cyclist

Wilson, North Carolina

Whirligig Park (Formerly Acid Park)

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

First Official 4th of July Celebration Plaque

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

First Official 4th of July Celebration Plaque

This metal disk commemorates the birth of a historic American holiday.

Big Rock Nature Preserve

Charlotte, North Carolina

Big Rock Nature Preserve

These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.

Lake Norman

Troutman, North Carolina

Lake Norman

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

Queen Beatrice, the Eurasian Eagle Owl, with Trainer Colleen Roddick.

Huntersville, North Carolina

Carolina Raptor Center

From golden eagles to peregrine falcons, this rehabilitation and education center is a haven for birds of prey.

Much of District 12 followed the path of Interstate 85

Mooresville, North Carolina

North Carolina's 12th Congressional District

Formerly the most gerrymandered district in the U.S., it twisted and turned along racial borders.

Looking Glass Rock seen from the Looking Glass Rock Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway

Brevard, North Carolina

Looking Glass Rock

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

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