# North Carolina Rabbit Hole

> Get lost in the strange minutiae of the best state in the country.

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## Posts
- [How our Bill of Rights was stolen, and how the FBI got it back](https://www.ncrabbithole.com/p/how-our-bill-of-rights-was-stolen-and-how-the-fbi-got-it-back): Just after the Civil War, a soldier casually took North Carolina's copy of a priceless founding document. A century later, the feds set up a sting operation to recover it. Here's a true story involving a fake tech millionaire, the Antiques Roadshow, and vanilla milkshakes from Cook Out.
- [Charlotte's most exclusive, sportsiest, bachelor-paddiest condos sit atop a meat palace](https://www.ncrabbithole.com/p/charlotte-most-exclusive-condos-meat-palace-lamelo-ball-michael-jordan-cam-newton): A historic modernist bank building in Uptown was converted into condos occupied, largely, by rich, single men. Then the city's greatest athletes moved in. So did Michael Jordan and an American Idol.
- [Some Pig: The Story of Struttin' Stormy and the Stanley Cup](https://www.ncrabbithole.com/p/some-pig-the-story-of-struttin-stormy-and-the-stanley-cup-carolina-hurricanes): The Carolina Hurricanes just became NHL champions for the first time in 20 years, and during that run a lot of people noticed something unusual on their road uniforms: A cartoony, college-style pig on the shoulder. Today, we take a closer look at the long journey of a logo from the mind of an art teacher in South Dakota all the way to the Stanley Cup champions.
- [Neese's Country Sausage Got Sold To Someone Who's Not a Neese](https://www.ncrabbithole.com/p/neeses-country-sausage-got-sold-to-someone-whos-not-a-neese): First, it had a listeria outbreak. Then its products disappeared from North Carolina grocery stores. There was no explanation, until now. A new owner has taken over Neese's, a family-owned business that's made bricks of sausage, liver pudding, scrapple, and more for more than a century. So what happens next?
- [Do Not Wait for the Shibumi Shade IPO](https://www.ncrabbithole.com/p/do-not-wait-for-the-shibumi-shade-ipo): An update from behind the scenes of the company that makes the blue flappy things that you see on every beach in North Carolina.
- [Meet a man who built a barbecue smoker out of a file cabinet](https://www.ncrabbithole.com/p/a-conversation-with-a-man-who-built-a-barbecue-smoker-out-of-a-file-cabinet-and-put-it-on-facebook-m): Is it real? Does it work? Is it safe? Was it hard to make? Why would anyone build one? Why is he selling it and trying to get a broken chainsaw in return? And, is this a singular piece of American ingenuity or is there an underground community of file cabinet smokers that I had never heard of before now? The seller, and an expert, tell us everything.
- [Drinking Sun Drop out of the Stanley Cup](https://www.ncrabbithole.com/p/drinking-sun-drop-out-of-the-stanley-cup): Revisiting the fandom of former Caniac in Chief Roy Cooper on the doorstep of the Carolina Hurricanes first trip to the Stanley Cup Final since 2006. Plus! Can you somehow avoid the $95 parking at the arena?
- [Thom Tillis called something "stupid on stilts." Where the hell did that come from?](https://www.ncrabbithole.com/p/thom-tillis-called-something-stupid-on-stilts-where-the-hell-did-that-come-from): North Carolina's senior senator uttered the expression to show his displeasure with President Trump. Even people who don't like Tillis now like to say it. Think it's a Southern phrase? Bless your heart.
- [Here's Some Stuff: Cajun EV Charging, an Enormous Water Bill, and Dave Doeren Catching Strays](https://www.ncrabbithole.com/p/heres-some-stuff-cajun-ev-charging-an-enormous-water-bill-and-dave-doeren-catching-strays-north-caro): A roundup of North Carolina things that you may have missed.
- [The North Carolina Musician with a Billion Streams and No Fans](https://www.ncrabbithole.com/p/the-north-carolina-musician-with-a-billion-streams-and-no-fans): Mike Smith's journey took him from a string of medical clinics to the music industry and, then, to a federal crime.
- [West Virginia's most legendary biscuit place was actually conceived in North Carolina](https://www.ncrabbithole.com/p/west-virginias-most-legendary-biscuit-conceived-in-north-carolina-tudors-biscuitville): How did a long-dead pizza restaurant give birth to not one but two beloved breakfast chains? Here's the overlap between Biscuitville and Tudor's Biscuit World, with a possible connection to Mayberry.
- [Here's a Chart: Dale vs. Andy vs. Chuck](https://www.ncrabbithole.com/p/here-s-a-chart-dale-earnhardt-vs-andy-griffith-vs-chuck-norris): The myth of Dale Earnhardt lives on. But is he really more popular today than he was when he on the track?
- [Where, exactly, did James Comey find the "threatening" seashell message that got him indicted?](https://www.ncrabbithole.com/p/where-exactly-did-james-comey-find-the-threatening-seashell-message-that-got-him-indicted-north-caro): The former director of the FBI posted an Instagram picture of "86 47" written on a beach in North Carolina last year. Which beach? Here are the results of a Rabbit Hole investigation.
- [Mine First, Figure The Rest Of It Out Later](https://www.ncrabbithole.com/p/mine-first-figure-the-rest-of-it-out-later-nc-nolichucky-river): A North Carolina gravel quarry that opened up after Hurricane Helene never had a permit. Its owners say it was helping the area get back on its feet. The people living nearby say all that's left is a big mess.
- [One River, 200 miles, Ten Years Later](https://www.ncrabbithole.com/p/cape-fear-river-200-miles-ten-years-later-north-carolina): Back in April 2016, four of us paddled the entire length of the Cape Fear River in eastern North Carolina. Today, a look back at what's changed and what's stayed the same.