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One on One: Whirligigs to the Rescue - Chapelboro.com


One on One: Whirligigs to the Rescue
Why make the small eastern North Carolina city of Wilson my first post-COVID break-out vacation trip?
In a word, whirligigs.
More later.
But I had other reasons. Wilson is home to several eating places that were to be featured in a new edition of my “North Carolina Roadside Eateries,” a book that was ready for printing when the COVID pandemic forced its postponement in the fall of 2020.
Parkers Barbecue, not far from I-95, is still going strong, serving the barbecue and fried chicken that has gained favorable attention in national magazines. Wilson’s other barbecue icon, Bill’s Barbecue and Chicken Restaurant, suddenly closed in early 2019 after being in business for 56 years. For people in Wilson, it was like a death in the family. All is not lost. After Bill’s death his son Lawrence, who grew up learning the business from his dad, opened his own restaurant and named it after his deceased brother, Marty. Bringing ....

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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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