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Taylor Swift’s Bench: A bench for Taylor Swift … where she’s never sat
Here’s a photo of “a bench for Taylor Swift,” one of the odder features of the popular Centennial Park in Nashville. The bench was unveiled a year ago by then-Mayor John Cooper just before her “Eras” tour shows in Bridgestone Arena. But there’s no reports that Swift’s butt has ever used her bench. Nonetheless, it…
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North Carolina BBQ: Lexington and Eastern NC BBQ in one weekend
I managed to eat at two iconic BBQ restaurants in North Carolina in one weekend featuring two of the most popular types of North Carolina barbecue. On the first night, I stopped at Lexington Barbecue, the most legendary of the Lexington-style barbecue restaurants in Lexington, NC. The image at the top of this post is…
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The ‘castle’ at Jockey’s Ridge visible again
A castle buried at Jockey’s Ridge State Park in Nags Head on North Carolina’s Outer Banks has emerged from the dune’s shifting sands, according to The News & Observer in Raleigh. Social media posts started appearing in November about the castle, which has 10 to 15 feet exposed and is thought to have perhaps another…