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Architecture
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Jun 6, 2025
Someone noticed that their city's most phallic building went dark every night at midnight. So they started posting videos. Now? People are coming into town to watch the lights go out.
Highlands
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Jul 11, 2024
Some looks into the past and the future, including the wrong Durham, Burt Reynolds's old house, the least mysterious grocery store, and bizarro customer service.
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Jun 27, 2024
Three decades ago, famed architect César Pelli revealed plans for a skyscraper that's now an iconic part of a North Carolina city's skyline. Here's what the top is actually meant to resemble. Really.
Taylorsville
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May 2, 2024
A decade ago, a congregation in Taylorsville took over a space that was once used for fixing up and selling Fords. Now its pastor is pondering the nature of a church in a post pandemic world.
Great Depression
Jun 8, 2023
North Carolina's biggest mountain town is unlike any other city in the state. That's because it did something no other city in America did after the Great Depression: It paid back all of its debts.
