Mount Airy, North Carolina — Wally's Service Station at 625 S. Main St., built in 1937, is the real-life inspiration for "Wally's Filling Station" on TV's The Andy Griffith Show, where cousins Gomer Pyle and Goober Pyle both worked. Andy Griffith was born and raised...
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Floyd’s Barber Shop, Mount Airy, North Carolina
Mount Airy, North Carolina — Floyd's City Barber Shop at 129 N. Main St., owned by barber Russell Hiatt, said to be the real-life inspiration for Floyd Lawson ("Floyd the Barber") on TV's The Andy Griffith Show. Andy Griffith was born and raised in Mount Airy, which...
Snappy Lunch restaurant sign, Mount Airy NC
Mount Airy, North Carolina — Restaurant sign for Snappy Lunch (and Coca-Cola) at 125 N. Main St., where Andy Griffith occasionally ate as a boy growing up in Mount Airy. The restaurant is famous for its pork chop sandwich, created by restaurant owner Charles Dowell,...
Looking Glass Falls, Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina
Pisgah Forest, North Carolina — Applause for swimmers under the 60-foot plunge of Looking Glass Falls, a waterfall on Looking Glass Creek in the Pisgah National Forest.
French Broad Overlook on Blue Ridge Parkway
Asheville, North Carolina — French Broad Overlook view of the French Broad River from the Blue Ridge Parkway between mile markers 393 and 394.
North Carolina
Wally’s Service station, Mount Airy, North Carolina
Mount Airy, North Carolina — Wally's Service Station at 625 S. Main St., built in 1937, is the real-life inspiration for "Wally's Filling Station" on TV's The Andy Griffith Show, where cousins Gomer Pyle and Goober Pyle both worked. Andy Griffith was born and raised...
Floyd’s Barber Shop, Mount Airy, North Carolina
Mount Airy, North Carolina — Floyd's City Barber Shop at 129 N. Main St., owned by barber Russell Hiatt, said to be the real-life inspiration for Floyd Lawson ("Floyd the Barber") on TV's The Andy Griffith Show. Andy Griffith was born and raised in Mount Airy, which...
Snappy Lunch restaurant sign, Mount Airy NC
Mount Airy, North Carolina — Restaurant sign for Snappy Lunch (and Coca-Cola) at 125 N. Main St., where Andy Griffith occasionally ate as a boy growing up in Mount Airy. The restaurant is famous for its pork chop sandwich, created by restaurant owner Charles Dowell,...
Looking Glass Falls, Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina
Pisgah Forest, North Carolina — Applause for swimmers under the 60-foot plunge of Looking Glass Falls, a waterfall on Looking Glass Creek in the Pisgah National Forest.
French Broad Overlook on Blue Ridge Parkway
Asheville, North Carolina — French Broad Overlook view of the French Broad River from the Blue Ridge Parkway between mile markers 393 and 394.