This guy’s head spins around. That’s the whole pitch for Metalmorphosis Charlotte NC… That’s why we drove 45 minutes from Shelby, North Carolina, again. Hoping the thing was actually working this time. Because here’s the thing — we’d been to Metalmorphosis before. Two years ago, same bus, same Zach madness, completely different experience. It was…
🗿 Sculpture Hunt in the Chill — Columbia SC Public Art at Its Most Unexpected February’s forecast? Cold hands, warm hearts, and roadside art that made us pull over with zero hesitation. Our Columbia SC public art stroll served dinosaurs with emotional boundaries, clangy sculptures that hit Zachary’s sweet spot, and murals designed to make…
Things to Do in Ames Iowa: Giant Gnomes, Metal Art & Unexpected Stops We were on our way to Minnesota for Unicon21 and decided to make a stop in Ames, Iowa. Usually, we keep stops like this pretty brief. Grab food, stretch legs, maybe find one weird thing and move on. Ames did not cooperate….
Big Stuff Everywhere—And We Mean Everywhere! What South of the Border road trip would be complete without a stop at South of the Border? 😂 If you’ve ever driven down I-95, you’ve seen the billboards. Lots of billboards. It’s like Pedro himself is personally guiding you to one of America’s quirkiest roadside attractions—a place where…
Now here’s something you don’t see every day… or ever. St. Pauls, North Carolina If you’ve ever wondered what the breaking point is for a woman living in a 35ft raised-roof school bus with seven cats and two dogs, it’s usually somewhere around St. Pauls, North Carolina. We were navigating the narrow backroads—car dolly in…
Unexpected Paris: Fayetteville’s Mini Eiffel Moment Fayetteville, N.C. Right in the middle of a Fayetteville shopping plaza, tucked between a medical center and the hum of everyday errands, stands a white-painted Eiffel Tower replica that absolutely no one expects—and that’s exactly why it’s brilliant. Located at 1712 Owen Drive, the tower anchors the Bordeaux…
🪞 Dripping Bird in Nashville’s Shelby Park There’s a mirrored bird in Nashville that looks like it’s melting into the ground, and somehow that’s exactly what the Reflection sculpture in Nashville is supposed to do. It’s called Reflection, and the dripping effect is intentional—even if your first thought is that something went very wrong. It’s…
