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Chang and Eng: Famous Siamese Twins
Mount Airy, North Carolina
Chang and Eng, the original Siamese Twins, later settled in Mount Airy, where they farmed tobacco, enslaved people, and fathered 22 children.

Sights for Oddball Excursions

Belhaven Memorial Museum
Belhaven, North Carolina
The collection of Mrs. Eva Blount Way: junk, freaks in jars, and fleas in formal dress.
World's Largest Chest of Drawers
High Point, North Carolina
Town landmark first built in 1926, now 38 feet tall, accessorized with two giant socks hanging from one drawer.
Wheels Through Time
Maggie Valley, North Carolina
Puttering parade of motorcycle history as seen through the unusual collection of Dale Walksler.
Andy Griffith Museum
Mount Airy, North Carolina
See Andy's sheriff shirt and badge, Goober's beanie (bronzed) -- and a lot of Andy Griffith relics that have nothing to do with Mayberry. He was a Hollywood actor, not a small town sheriff.
World's Largest Ten Commandments
Murphy, North Carolina
In The Fields of the Wood, which features Christian attractions built by humans for a God's-eye view.
World's Largest Duncan Phyfe Chair
Thomasville, North Carolina
Stylish 30-ft. tall Duncan Phyfe is a landmark for a furniture-proud town.
Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park
Wilson, North Carolina
Public park features 30 giant restored whirligigs, folk art of the late Vollis Simpson, who built them in nearby Lucama. Some are 60 feet high.
Marvin Johnson's Gourd Collection
Angier, North Carolina
Personal collection of all things gourd by the world's greatest gourd-lover. On display in town since his death.
Dark and Deviant Oddities
Asheville, North Carolina
Tattoo shop oddities display shocks with a Fiji Mermaid, a cyclops deer, a six-legged calf, and a two-headed woman-mummy.
The Bostic Lincoln
Bostic, North Carolina
Was Abraham Lincoln really the illegitimate child of a North Carolina servant girl? This attraction says, "Yes!"
Billy Graham Library: Talking Robot Cow
Charlotte, North Carolina
Airlock doors and omnipresent guides offer opportunities to be saved. Also: a talking robot cow and a $5 check from Richard Nixon.
Pose with Indians - and Bill the Buffalo
Cherokee, North Carolina
Wouldn't it be great if you could dress up, stand beside the road, and have people pay you to stop to take your picture? The Indians of Cherokee have been doing it for decades.
Cherokee: Tourists and Indians
Cherokee, North Carolina
Pose for snapshots with real Indians and enjoy other vintage thrills in the time-warp town of Cherokee.
Judaculla Rock
Cullowhee, North Carolina
Cryptic carvings and symbols on a soapstone boulder. The largest petroglyph mass in the eastern U.S., and a classic vintage postcard image.
Ruby City Museum
Franklin, North Carolina
Exhibits include the World's Largest Sapphire (385 pounds), plus human skulls and a shrunken head from somewhere.
Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum
Hatteras, North Carolina
Drive east on US-64/264. Bear right onto NC-12. Drive south on NC-12 for 59 miles. The museum is in Hatteras Village, the southernmost community on Hatteras Island, and just south of the ferry terminal.