There is nothing better than a good road trip: driving down the open road, eating at tiny roadside diners, going 150 miles out of the way to take a selfie in front of … the Peachoid water tower! Oh Say, can you see … me with the world’s largest frying pan?
This geotrail honors those unique, odd, bizarre, fun, historic, campy, weird, and just downright interesting roadside attractions in North and South Carolina. The caches aren’t meant to be hard, it is a power-trail after all. None of the caches are hidden at the posted locations - but answer the question correctly and you will have a working set of coordinates. All of the hides are preform bottles.
The 1,617 foot long tunnel is an oddity. Started in 1852 to connect Charleston to Knoxville and eventually on to Cincinnati, the Civil War - and lack of funds - brought construction to a halt. While there were various efforts by the Blue Ridge Railroad to renew the tunnel construction, none of them came to pass and it stands as a monument to pre-Civil War engineering. The tunnel measures 17 fee wide by 25 feet high with an airshaft about mid-way that extends 60 feet upwards to the surface, causing a consistent cool breeze to flow out of the tunnel. In 1951 Clemson University bought the tunnel and used it for decades to cure blue cheese.
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Where is this unfinished cheese laboratory tunnel located?
A. Charleston, SC - 810
B. Columbia, SC - 452
C. Walhalla, SC - 075
D. Ware Shoals, SC - 143