Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near North Carolina

While in North Carolina, you might enjoy a visit to:

The formerly waterlogged Flight 1549 safely ditched into the Hudson River after flying into a flock of geese. Now in a museum.
~23 miles from Kings Mountain.

Giant mirror ball chicken, an arty sculpture of a humanoid figure with wings and flared legs like bell-bottomed pants. Stands outside an art museum.
~28 miles from Kings Mountain.

Some say that Chimney Rock looks like something other than a chimney. Take an elevator to the top! The state park also contains Moonshiner's Cave and the 185 stair-challenge of the "Needle's Eye."
~53 miles from Kings Mountain.

A once abandoned Oz mountaintop theme park, refurbished by locals to open to the public only a few weekends a year.
~72 miles from Kings Mountain.

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