My Quick Trips

My Quick Trips Have you ever looked around but really looked at it as though you had never seen it? I am sharing pictures of various towns.

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Featuring: Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society - Christmas House toursState: North CarolinaTown: Mt Pleasant and Gol...
12/11/2022

Featuring: Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society - Christmas House tours
State: North Carolina
Town: Mt Pleasant and Gold Hill
County: Mt Pleasant county is Cabarrus and Gold Hill county is Rowan
Fun Fact: This Christmas House tour consisted of 10 houses.
Link: this was sponsored by https://www.echsmuseum.org/

Featuring: Körner's FollyState: North CarolinaTown: KernsvilleCounty: Forsyth and GuilfordFun Fact: There were ...
12/09/2022

Featuring: Körner's Folly
State: North Carolina
Town: Kernsville
County: Forsyth and Guilford
Fun Fact: There were 22 rooms in Korner's Folly House
Location visited: Korner's Folly
Link: https://kornersfolly.org/

Featuring: North Carolina ZooState: North CarolinaTown: AshboroCounty: 18.97 sq mi (49.13 km2)Date visited: 8/28...
09/16/2022

Featuring: North Carolina Zoo
State: North Carolina
Town: Ashboro
County: 18.97 sq mi (49.13 km2)
Date visited: 8/28/2022
Temperature: I need to remember this when I visit but it was hot and sunny!
Size: 18.97 sq mi (49.13 km2)
Elevation: 837 feet / 255 meters
Fun Fact: The North Carolina Zoo is home to 1,800 animals!
Location visited: North Carolina Zoo
Link to North Carolina Zoo: https://www.nczoo.org/
Wikipedia to Ashboro NC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheboro,_North_Carolina
Coming up next: USA---NC---Kernersville-2022-12

Featuring: Fort Mills History MuseumState: South CarolinaTown: Fort MillsCounty: YorkDate visited: 08/27/2022Tem...
09/09/2022

Featuring: Fort Mills History Museum
State: South Carolina
Town: Fort Mills
County: York
Date visited: 08/27/2022
Temperature: didn't pay attention but I know it was sunny!
Population: See picture: I will be bringing in more population stats from Wikipedia. This gives you an idea how fast some of these towns grow!
Size: 19.90 sq mi (51.55 km2)
Elevation: 623
Fun Fact: A portion of Cedar Fair's Carowinds amusement park is located in Fort Mill.
Location visited: Fort Mills History Museum (FMHM)
Link to Fort Mills History Museum: https://fmhm.org/
Wikipedia to Fort Mill SC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Mill,_South_Carolina
Coming up next: USA---NC---Ashboro NC Zoo-2022-08

Featuring: Various areas in Gold HillState: North CarolinaTown: Gold HillCounty: RowanDate visited: 8/19/2022Tem...
09/08/2022

Featuring: Various areas in Gold Hill
State: North Carolina
Town: Gold Hill
County: Rowan
Date visited: 8/19/2022
Temperature: it was beautiful day
Population in 2020: 372
Size: not found
Elevation: not found
Fun Fact: Gold Hill is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)
Location visited: several
Link to Gold Hill, NC: https://historicgoldhill.org/
Wikipedia to Gold Hill, NC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Hill,_North_Carolina
Coming up next: USA---SC---Fort Mills-2022-08

Featuring: Metalmorphosis - large kinetic sculptureState: North CarolinaTown: Charlotte, North Carolina USACounty: ...
08/19/2022

Featuring: Metalmorphosis - large kinetic sculpture
State: North Carolina
Town: Charlotte, North Carolina USA
County: Mecklenburg
Date visited: 8/18/2022
Temperature: 75 (f) / 24 ( c)
Population in 1800: 276
Population in 2020: 874,579
Size: 309.25 sq mi (800.94 km2) (for my Connecticut friends, Charlotte - just the city of Charlotte is the size of Middlesex county!)
Elevation: 761 feet / 231 meters
Fun Fact: Since I will be going to various place in Charlotte, my fun fact will be based on the location I visited. METALmorphosis is a large kinetic sculpture of a human head, by Czech artist David Černý.
Location visited: Metalmorphosis
3701 Arco Corporate Dr.
Charlotte, NC
Link to Metalmorphosis: http://www.metalmorphosis.tv/
Wikipedia to Charlotte, NC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina
Coming up next: USA---NC---Gold Hill-2022-08

08/19/2022

Absolutely mesmorizing to watch! Also posted an album of pictures but it's the videos that truly capture your attention!

08/19/2022

Another angle of Metamorphosis structure in Charlotte, NC

08/18/2022

Metalmorphosis
3701 Arco Corporate Dr.
Charlotte, NC
Photos and additional information about this very unique sculpture!!!

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