Dillon, South Carolina: South Of The Border

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Address:
I-95 - US 301/501, Dillon, SC
Directions:
I-95 exit 1 in North Carolina. Follow the billboards.
Hours:
Always open. (Call to verify)
Phone:
843-774-2411
RA Rates:
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South of the Border. South Of The Border
A classic freeway tourist trap, pyrotechnics bonanza, and vacation theme world, just south of the North Carolina border. Roadsideamerica.com Report...
Health Check-Up: South of the Border
A family visits and assesses SOB. All we got were a bunch of souvenirs. Roadsideamerica.com Report...

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Sombrero Tower. South of the Border

A getaway for a complete change of time. Tacky, wacky, generally family-friendly. This destination spot is right out of the 1950s. You would have to see it to understand. Everyone should go once!

[Debby Sherman, 01/06/2013]

South of the Border's billboard barrage stretches for hundreds of miles up and down Interstate 95. How could anyone resist?

Reptile Lagoon photo op. South Of The Border - Reptile Lagoon

The Reptile Lagoon at S.O.B. opened June 2010 in the old mini-golf building. The mini-golf has moved to outside.

[Bryce Archibald, 08/05/2011]

Claims to be the "Largest Indoor Exhibit [of reptiles] in America." Admission charged. Photos permitted.

Pedro. South of the Border Motel

You guys did a story on the haunted room at South of the Border. I am blown away! We thought we were crazy! We stayed there in 1996 when my son was 2. We were driving from Florida to New York and stopped there overnight. We stayed in the honeymoon suite because we thought, with the baby, it would be a bigger room.

During the night, I heard voices whispering in my ear from the headboard! It sounded like a man and woman. Every time I was just about to fall asleep it would happen. I don't think I slept a wink all night! I was so scared. Also, at 3 in the morning we heard a load knock on our door. My husband ran to open it, and no one was there! We were both very scared.

When we checked out, we told them at the front desk our experiences, and they said they never heard such a thing. All these years I thought I was crazy. I'm so happy that I wasn't alone. That this happened to other people. So thank you for your article. Much peace now...

[maureen pata, 01/26/2011]

Yes, the lulling peace of those who want to believe they have escaped the hideous WHISPERING HEADBOARD OF S.O.B.!

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