Explore North Carolina roadside attractions and other tourist traps, restaurants, stops, and detours to add to your North Carolina road trip itinerary.
This is a tale of two giant bulls in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. For many years one stood on stilts outside of Thrift-Way Meats. And, long ago, another, known as the Staley’s Bull lived in front of a restaurant in town. In 1957 Staley’s Charcoal Steak House opened in Winston-Salem. That year the owners, Kenneth Cheek …
Are you planning a North Carolina road trip and want to find all the best North Carolina roadside attractions along your route? Whether you’re exploring the Smoky Mountains, are driving the Blue Ridge Parkway, or vacationing in Charlotte, Raleigh, or Asheville, you won’t want to miss these fifteen must-see places to go in North Carolina. …
How do you fit three floors, seven levels, and twenty-two rooms into a moderately-sized 6,000 square-foot mansion? Just ask designer Jule Korner, the decorator behind Körner’s Folly, the “Strangest House in the World,” in Kernersville, North Carolina. Korner’s Folly is an architectural oddity. While it looks like a normal house on the outside, on the …
In the heart of downtown Thomasville, North Carolina, there is a John Warwick Thomas statue depicting the town’s founder. John Warwick Thomas (1800-1871) founded the town of Thomasville in 1852. The town, located in Davidson County, is noted for the role it played in the furniture industry (along with neighboring North Carolina towns High Point …
In Thomasville, North Carolina, just beside the World’s Largest Duncan Phyfe Chair and Statue of John Warwick Thomas (the town’s founder) is another site to check out: the Lions Club Lion Statue. Erected in the 1950s the lion advertises the local Lions Club chapter and when and where they meet. Lions Club is “the world’s …
Thomasville, North Carolina (founded by John Warwick Thomas) is well-known in the furniture industry. Home to the beginnings of Thomasville Furniture Industries, Standard Chair Company, Lambeth Furniture, Thompson Chair, and Queen Chair Company, it’s no wonder people think Thomasville when they think furniture. In fact, Thomasville is often referred to as “Chair Town” or “Chair …
Outside of the Andy Griffith Museum in Mount Airy, North Carolina — the town that inspired the fictional town of Mayberry — there’s a statue of two main characters from The Andy Griffith Show, (a popular television program that ran on CBS in the 1960s). The Andy Griffith Statue in Mount Airy features bronze likenesses …
Mount Airy, North Carolina is the birthplace of actor Andy Griffith and is thought to have been the inspiration behind Mayberry, the fictional town made popular on his television show The Andy Griffith Show in the 1960s. The town celebrates its fame with signs, recreations of the show’s sets, and cardboard cut outs of Mr. …
I don’t know about you, but I can’t function in the morning before I’ve had my daily cup of coffee. And, some days, I need more java than others. On those days, I make more than a few cups in my French Press, and keep them all for myself. Of course, even if I fill …
Once upon a time, there were eight shell-shaped gas stations in North Carolina: seven in Winston-Salem and one in nearby Kernersville. Built in the 1930s by Quality Oil, a local distributor of Shell oil, these Shell Oil gas stations were meant to serve as hard-to-miss advertisements to entice customers to stop by. And boy were …
Enjoy fun games and challenges to pass the time on your next road trip and have a keepsake to look back on for years to come with this entertaining must-have for your next vacation.
The road trip you’ve been dreaming of starts here! Journal about your stops and get to know your fellow passengers with activities and exercises designed to pass the time and bring you closer together. Instead of “Are we there yet?” you’ll find yourself asking, “We’re there already?”. Complete with prompts you can turn to while driving between locations, this journal will one day be a memento of your life-changing trip.
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