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Lake Norman Airpark
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The Lake Norman Airpark is a live-in residential airport. There are about 40 homes around the community owned runway, many of which have hangars. All have direct access to the runway.

Linn Cove Viaduct
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"The Linn Cove Viaduct hugs the face of Grandfather Mountain and is recognized internationally as an engineering marvel."

Michael Waltrip Racing (former)
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Big Daddy's of Lake Norman Restaurant

Old Coca-Cola Ad

Marshall Steam Station
Marshall Steam Station is a four-unit, coal-fired generating facility located in Catawba County, North Carolina. Named for former Duke Power president E.C. Marshall, the station is located on Lake Norman.
The second largest coal facility owned by Duke Energy in the Carolinas, Marshall generates enough electricity to power approximately 2 million homes. Since it began commercial operation in 1965, Marshall Steam Station has been among the most efficient power plants in the nation.
Duke Energy has made significant improvements to reduce emissions from the company’s coal-fired plants. A unique type of burner arrangement in the boilers keeps the nitrogen oxide emissions from the Marshall facility well below regulatory limits.
In 2004, the company began installing flue gas desulfurization equipment—commonly known as scrubbers. This equipment will lower the station’s sulfur dioxide emissions by approximately 95 percent. The project was completed in 2007.

Joe Gibbs Racing

Looking Glass Falls

Hickory Motor Speedway
"Known as the "Birthplace of the NASCAR Stars" and "America's Most Famous Short Track". HMS opened in 1951 and has been credited as the longest continually operated motor speedway in the country."

Tweetsie Railroad

Cleveland County Fairgrounds
North Carolina's largest county fair.

Machpelah Church
Machpelah Presbyterian Church was built in 1848. The first pastor, Dr. Robert Hall Morrison, was the first president of Davidson College and father-in-law of Confederate General T.J. "Stonewall" Jackson.

Wasilla airport

Franklin Automobile Company Ad

Surfers

Sims Country Bar-B-Que
"Sims Country BBQ was established in 1979 with the dream of good family fun, food, and entertainment. SCBBQ features live bluegrass music on Friday and Saturdays."

Quarry Falls (Bust-Your-Butt Falls)
Quarry Falls is a popular area for sun-bathers and swimmers.

U.S. National Whitewater Center

Amish Buggy

Airplane Fuselage

The Vermeer Mill
"The Vermeer Mill is a fully functional 1850s-style windmill, reaching 134 feet (41 m) high. The Vermeer Mill grinds wheat into flour using only wind power and is the tallest working windmill in the United States."

Duke Energy - Cowans Ford Dam

Brookgreen Gardens
Brookgreen Gardens, the first public sculpture garden in America, has in its collection more than 1,200 works by 350 sculptors.

Checking out the Google Car
Can't tell if this is the driver. The trunk is opened as well.
Looks like an accident just happened in the background. Two cars in the parking lot have damage.

Giant Crab Seafood Restaurant

Billy Mitchell Airport

View from Linn Cove Viaduct

Bridal Veil Falls
"The drive behind falls"

Horsefeathers RoadHouse and Park

'West Wind Sentinel' by Mike Roig
This 15' sculpture rotates in the wind.

Hovis Cemetery

Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens
In 1991, retired Belmont, North Carolina, textile executive Daniel Jonathan Stowe bestowed a gift destined to provide beauty and joy to future generations. With the vision of a botanical garden to rival the world’s best, Stowe set aside nearly 400 acres of prime rolling meadows, woodland and lakefront property. The Board of Directors of Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden approved a master plan for the garden in 1994. In 1999, the Visitor Pavilion, Formal Display Gardens and Perennial Gardens opened. Future development will be completed through public and private support over the next several decades.

Ramp Accident

Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum

'Fighting Stallions' by Anna Hyatt Huntington

Historic Latta Plantation
Historic Latta Plantation is a circa 1800 cotton plantation and living history farm.

Horsefeathers Drive Thru
Drive through convenience store.

Duke Energy’s Riverbend Coal Power Plant

Kiss

RC Planes (Hinch Field)
Lake Area Radio Kontrol Society (LARKS) was formed in 1968 as a hobby club dedicated to the advancement of model aviation and the promotion and enjoyment of the hobby/sport of flying radio controlled (R/C) model aircraft. LARKS owns it own miniature airport, Hinch Field, which is situated on approximately four acres of land and is one of the finest R/C flying sites on the Gulf Coast.
View @ Google Earth historical imagery timeslider 3/30/2006

Carrying the dog

Machpelah Cemetery
Established in 1801 by Gen. Joseph Graham and Capt. Alexander Brevard—both of whom had served with distinction in the Continental Army during the Revolution.

Google Car Leaving a Ferry

Painting the Curb

Reed Gold Mine

Lincoln County Regional Airport

Stone Mountain
Stone Mountain is a granite dome that rises sharply over 600 feet (183 m) above the surrounding terrain. The mountain, which has an elevation of 2,305 feet (706 m) above sea level, is known for its barren sides and distinctive brown-gray color, and can be seen for miles. It offers some of the best rock climbing in North Carolina.

Goats on the Roof
A store in the Mountains of North Georgia.

Carolina Speedway
Carolina Speedway is a 4/10th mile clay oval built in 1962.

Dan'l Boone Inn

The Belmont Drive-In Theatre

Old Company Store

McGalliard Falls
McGalliard Falls is located within a park operated by the town of Valdese.

Cape Romain Lighthouses

Linville Falls

It's Grill - Drive-in

Getting a shoe shine

Silvervale Falls

Taking Pictures

Lincoln County Courthouse

Jet on approach to CLT

Carolina Raptor Center

Cutting Firewood

Ride-A-Bike Bicycle Shoppe

Google Car on a Ferry

Surfer

Stone Mountain Falls
Stone Mountain Falls cascades about 200 ft. down a granite mountain face.

Jet on approach

Fort Defiance

Security Guard
Security guard, from a nearby Servicio Pan Americano de Proteccion armored truck, standing by a Banamex.

Ambulance

Truck Repair

Man on Horseback

Installing Siding