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Fort Lawn, South Carolina

Landsford Canal State Park

Amazing pre-Civil War ruins alongside a shallow, rocky river that hosts beautiful (but endangered) lilies.
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Huntersville, North Carolina

Carolina Raptor Center

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

Springs Park

A nearly century-old amusement park is quietly decaying in a riverside forest in South Carolina.
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Blacksburg, South Carolina

Abandoned Castle Video Games

A royal relic from the time that gambling was accidentally made legal in South Carolina.
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Davidson, North Carolina

Homeless Jesus

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

International Lineman Museum

This museum is dedicated to the workers that help keep the power on.
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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.
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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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Pineville, North Carolina

James K. Polk Historic Site

These cabins mark the site where our 11th president was born (probably).
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Charlotte, North Carolina

Big Rock Nature Preserve

These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.
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Fort Mill, South Carolina

Upper Room Chapel

A replica of where the Last Supper was held.
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Fort Mill, South Carolina

Heritage USA

A Christian-themed amusement park and complex rocked by scandals.
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Waxhaw, North Carolina

The Museum of the Alphabet

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.
Added by GWS
Lando, South Carolina

Lando School

An ornate abandoned schoolhouse hidden in the woods near a decaying mill town.
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Lancaster, South Carolina

North Corner Boundary Stone

The last refinements in the North Carolina-South Carolina boundary were marked with this stone.
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Charlotte, North Carolina

McGill Rose Garden

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.
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Charlotte, North Carolina

VisArt Video

Rare videos and memorabilia await visitors inside this unique store.
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Tampa, Florida

Roland M. Manteiga Statue

A memorial to legendary newsman, publisher, and owner of La Gaceta, the only trilingual newspaper in the U.S.
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Tampa, Florida

Columbia Restaurant

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.
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Tampa, Florida

Mary Hadfield Watt Memorial

A seemingly inexplicable memorial honors a beloved Tampa fruit-seller.
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Tampa, Florida

Two-Headed Gator of Seminole Heights

"Bite or Smite" became the unlikely mascot of a Tampa suburb.
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Tampa, Florida

Hong Kong Willie

Recycled junk and fishing buoys litter the yard and facade of this bait shop cum art project.
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Tarpon Springs, Florida

Spongeorama Sponge Factory

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."
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Tarpon Springs, Florida

The Hempcrete House

Florida’s first home built with eco-friendly hempcrete.
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