We drove past the Peachoid for two years. Not on purpose. It just kept happening — we’d be passing through Gaffney, South Carolina on the way to somewhere else, and there it would be. The Peachoid Gaffney SC — a giant peach-shaped water tower that, as the internet has widely noted, also looks exactly like …
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We were not looking for Harold’s Restaurant in Gaffney SC. (this is a recurring theme) We were on our way to see a giant peach water tower, but it was overcast, so we decided to kill some time at antique malls, hoping for sunny skies later in the morning. We found a few in the …
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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 …
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We came for the giant Tin Man and stayed for the hay art at Jim Bird’s Hay Bale Art. Jim Bird’s Hay Bale Art in Forkland, Alabama is home to a towering 35-foot Tin Man and dozens of hay bale sculptures — but we’ll be honest, we came for the metal guy. We stayed at …
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Why We Visited The Cowfish in Raleigh We went to The Cowfish in Raleigh, North Carolina—a sushi-burger restaurant, mostly because of the tank. The main tank was built by the crew from TANKED – that reality show where Wayde King and Brett Raymer made completely over-the-top custom fish tanks for people. This one is shaped …
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World’s Largest Spinach Can: The Mystery in Alma, Arkansas I love a good roadside attraction hunt. You know the drill – you see something listed online as “World’s Largest Whatever,” you add it to your bucket list, you make the pilgrimage. Usually, you find it. Take some photos. Rate the experience. Move on. But the …
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We rolled into Alma, Arkansas, in 2022 on a mission: find the World’s Largest Spinach Can. We’d seen it listed on roadside attraction sites, added it to our bucket list, and made the trek. (Truth be told, Zach’s parents live near Alma, so we were there to visit them!) Except when we got there, we …
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Look, I love Zach. But if he ever shows up with a dozen roses and a candlelit dinner, I’m checking him for a head injury—that’s not our cup of tea – we have more non-romantic date ideas. We’re not romantic people. We don’t do grand gestures. We don’t want someone singing to us in public. …
The Postcard Time Machine Project Begins So here’s how this whole vintage postcard recreation project started. In July 2024, Zach and I visited Bemidji, Minnesota, for UniCon ’24—the last one that’ll be held in the US. We stopped at a lakeside park to photograph the Chief Bemidji statue, one of many stops we made exploring …
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The Giant Red Ryder That Started It All 📍 Location: 202 W Walnut St, Rogers, AR 72756 We had a VA appointment in Fayetteville, and since we were already up that way, we drove a little further north to Rogers. We were actually in town to check out Flashback Pizza (bucket list item #1 – …
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