Amazing North Carolina offers a rare glimpse into unusual
and sometimes bizarre people and events in North Carolina's
200-year history. Reading like the Tarheel State's own version of
Ripley's Believe It or Not, this book explores hundreds of
incredible stories, facts, and tidbits of human interest. It
contains pictures, quizzes, trivia, stories, sidebars, lists, and
more. Read about . . .
- How Lizard Lick, Cat's Square, Boogertown, and Rabbit Shuffle
got their names
- Robert Null, who invented a UFO detector
- The Civil War battle where the Confederates fought without
clothes on
- Chang and Eng, the original "Siamese twins" who settled in
Wilkesboro and married local sisters Sarah and Adelaide Yates
- The strange story of Goat-Gland Binkley, who operated in North
Carolina 75 years before Viagra
- The annual Bald is Beautiful convention in Morehead City
- The world's largest twins (at 800 pounds each)
- The road that goes nowhere
- Senate Bean Soup, the secret of Jesse Helms' longevity (recipe
included)