# Roadside attractions, DC to Outer Banks

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 21, 2015, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roadside-attractions-dc-to-outer-banks/718182 "2015-04-21T13:40:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2015, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roadside-attractions-dc-to-outer-banks/718182/21 "2015-04-23T13:59:33Z")

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If you’re starting off by going down I-95, stop at [Carl’s Ice Cream](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%27s_Ice_Cream) at the north end of Fredericksburg.

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**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roadside-attractions-dc-to-outer-banks/718182/22 "2015-04-23T16:12:51Z")

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[Go see “Digger’s Dungeon”, home of the Grave Digger monster truck!](http://www.gravedigger.com/ContentPage.aspx?id=51)[Roadside America page about Digger’s Dungeon](http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/15184)

I haven’t stopped there, but friends have and liked it.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2015, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roadside-attractions-dc-to-outer-banks/718182/23 "2015-04-23T23:32:43Z")

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Don’t stop at the [Weeping Radish Microbrewery in Grandy NC](http://www.weepingradish.com/). They make a great sausage, but the beer is average and the rest of their pub food is just OK.

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**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roadside-attractions-dc-to-outer-banks/718182/24 "2015-04-24T21:20:34Z")

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> [@madmonk28](#):
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> The classic has to be South of the Border, you’ll start seeing signs for it and then " Back Up Amigo! You Missed it." [http://www.thesouthoftheborder.com/](http://www.thesouthoftheborder.com/)
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> When I was a kid we would drive from northern VA to the Outerbanks ever summer and every summer parents refused to stop at South of the Border, so it’s always had this forbidden fruit exoticism for me. It’s probably just a tourist trap.

I’m very confused. If you went by South Of The Border en route from NoVA to Outer Banks (which are the northern and central portions of coastal North Carolina) you were really lost.

That said, if you _are_ going by SotB it’s worth pulling off the road briefly there.

For more historical stuff, and depending on your route, the area around Hampton Roads has several options, e.g. Yorktown, Colonial Williamsburg, the Jamestown colony, and so on, which can kill a few hours. Not tacky though, if you’re looking for tourist traps, those aren’t your destination.

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