Lucama, North Carolina - Vollis Simpson's Whirligigs
- Address:
- Vollis Shop Road, Lucama, NC [Show Map]
- Directions:
- 3 miles from Lucama -- going toward Wilson on 301, go left at Klint's Korner (Radford Rd.). Two stops signs, left at the second one (Wiggins Mill Road).
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Lucama, North Carolina - Vollis Simpson Whirligigs Along with my wife and daughter-in-law, I took my first trip to Vollis Simpson's whirly-gig farm. We parked across the road from the place, and noticed a couple in a car across from us. Thinking they were just other sight-seers, I asked "Is this your first time here?" The lady answered "We own the property here." It was Vollis Simpson and his wife, Jean. They indicated that they had just come by to look over the property. Vollis had bandages on a number of his fingers, and said he was just recuperating from a bad burn on his back and chest, caused by molten metal falling down his back and being caught between his flannel shirt and his skin. The burns on his fingers came from trying to pull the metal away from his skin.
He and his wife were very friendly and polite, and Vollis invited us to come back in a few weeks when he would be back at work, and he would give us a tour around the site. Vollis is nearing 86 now. We didn't see any wrecked car there. We have lived in eastern North Carolina for 30 years, and would have continued to remain unaware of the whirligig farm except for the Roadsideamerica.com listing and directions. [Jerry Jones, 01/03/2005]
Lucama, North Carolina - Vollis Simpson's Whirlygig Farm Went to Vollis Simpson's whirlygig farm again when my niece and nephew were
in town. I figured it was one of the cooler places we could take them.
The place was just as awesome as ever. The sight of those giant towering whirlygigs never ceases to amaze me. Every time I've been there, Vollis has been at the front of his shop, working non-stop. He's happy to talk to you, but he doesn't ever interrupt his work. I went inside the shop for the first time, and jeez, it's filled with over a hundred smaller whirlygigs, all completely finished and painted. He just keeps making them, one right after the other. I definitely think Vollis has a touch of the Dementia Concretia. [Dean Jeffrey, 08/27/2001]
Lucama, North Carolina - Vollis Simpson's Whirligigs It was a bad photo day for us on the day we visited Vollis
Simpson's whirligigs. The sun popped out long enough for one shot. Vollis Simpson's place is one of the coolest roadside
attractions
I've ever seen. Some of the whirligigs are easily 20 feet tall.
[Dean Jeffrey, 03/18/2001]
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Nearby Offbeat Places
- Goon with a Top Hat, Kenly, NC - 4 mi.
- Country Doctor Museum, Bailey, NC - 9 mi.
- World's Tallest Replica of the World's Tallest Lighthouse, Wilson, NC - 9 mi.
- In the region: World's Largest Frying Pan, Rose Hill, NC - 57 mi.


