Wilson's Whirligig Park wind machines continue to captivate tourists

Editor's note: The American South’s Unexpected series explores unique and unusual destinations across the Southeast. We will take you off the beaten path to highlight artistic, historic, and quirky locales. To kick off the series, Unexpected will focus on outdoor destinations where it is possible to safely social distance. 
When you think about a whirligig, you think of the simple handheld children’s toy like a pinwheel that spins and twirls with a light breeze.
Folk artist Vollis Simpson had a more elaborate vision when he created an entire landscape of towering whirligig structures in a field near his home in Lucama, North Carolina.Simpson died in 2013 at the age of 94, but not before witnessing the early stages of a park devoted to his elaborate creations in nearby Wilson, North Carolina. 

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