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...
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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, who is said to have been the real-life inspiration for Floyd Lawson ("Floyd the Barber") on TV's The Andy Griffith...
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,...
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. [includeme...
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.