Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near North Carolina

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

Fred pulled the New Bern fire hose wagon until 1925. His head is mounted in a glass case at the Fireman's Museum.
~32 miles from Washington.

Lester is gone, but you can see his hand-made whirligigs in a local store.
~33 miles from Washington.

Most of the giant wind-animated sculptures of Vollis Simpson were moved to nearby Wilson, but a few have been left in place to tempt whirligig completists.
~55 miles from Washington.

A large fiberglass lumberjack and his tall tale sidekick, Babe the Blue Ox, peer out towards I-95 from Log Cabin Homes. Muffler Man is the former "Stan the Tire Man."
~54 miles from Washington.

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