Roadside Attractions in Blowing Rock
1 place worth pulling over for in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, with what each one actually is, what it costs and how long to give it.
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World's Largest Chest of Drawers
High Point, North Carolina
Built in the 1920s to champion High Point's status as the "Home Furnishings Capital of the World," this whimsical 36-foot-tall dresser is a quintessential slice of American roadside kitsch. The building-sized structure was remodeled in 1999 to look like a classic Goddard-style block-front chest, complete with two giant socks dangling from a drawer as a nod to the local hosiery industry. It stands as a towering, delightfully bizarre monument to the city's manufacturing history.
Cryptozoology & Paranormal Museum
Littleton, North Carolina
Housed in a historic storefront, this museum is a treasure trove of the bizarre, dedicated to cryptids, ghosts, UFOs, and local hauntings. Founded by a former journalist, the museum features plaster footprint casts of Bigfoot, reputedly haunted dolls, and artifacts from paranormal investigations. It is a delightfully eerie stop where the owner is often on hand to share chilling stories about North Carolina's own supernatural mysteries.
Shangri-La Stone Village
Prospect Hill, North Carolina
Handcrafted over a nine-year period by retired well-driller Henry L. Warren, this whimsical folk-art environment features nearly thirty miniature stone buildings built entirely to a one-inch-to-one-foot scale. Using local quartz, arrowhead flint, and river rock, Warren painstakingly constructed a tiny hospital, church, water tower, and theater. It is a delightfully strange roadside marvel that invites travelers to peer into a pint-sized, perfectly preserved fantasy village.
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