5 Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Charlotte - Atlas Obscura

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Charlotte, North Carolina

David Černý's Metalmorphosis

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

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Musical Parking Garage

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

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McGill Rose Garden

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

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Big Rock Nature Preserve

These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of American Indians.

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Hilton Sisters Grave

Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were stars of the vaudeville circuit.

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The Stonewall Jackson Manual Training and Industrial School

The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.

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16 miles from Charlotte

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Homeless Jesus

The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.

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18 miles from Charlotte

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Livermush

North Carolina's “poor man’s pâté” is rich in flavor.

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