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On Sunday morning, we ventured out to Gravity Hill in Richfield. We slowed down when we came upon it, but kept going because most of the r...
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I started Strange Carolinas to share my love of roadside attractions with anyone who would listen and to also reconnect people with their ...
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BY DREW DRAIN Released in 1996, Bow Down is the debut album from Westside Connection, a Los Angeles-based hip-hop supergroup consisting o...
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On Christmas Day 1929 in Germanton, Charlie Lawson killed his wife and six of his seven children before killing himself. The event was nat...
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Granted, you may be thinking it wouldn't take much to be the World's Fanciest McDonald's. But the Biltmore McDonald's in A...
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12.27.19 UPDATE The sign has been removed and the building has been sold. * * * * * Tar Baby's Pancakes is something I just stumb...