HICKORY CRAWDADS
L.P. Frans Stadium
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The One Thing
L.P. Frans Stadium has hosted baseball in Hickory since 1993. The park's setting in the Carolina foothills of the Blue Ridge gives it a pleasant western NC character distinct from the coastal plain parks.
Pilgrim Stops Near Hickory
Weird, wonderful, and worth the detour.
The Giant Peachoid Water Tower
A million-gallon water tower shaped like a giant peach on the South Carolina border along I-85. Featured in House of Cards. Debated endlessly for resembling something other than a peach.
Mystery Hill
Where water flows uphill and people stand at impossible angles. North Carolina's classic gravity-defying roadside attraction has been confusing visitors since the 1940s. Science or magic — you decide.
NASCAR Hall of Fame Charlotte
NASCAR's Hall of Fame, in a building with an actual banked race track running through it.
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