Another Roadside Attraction Geotrail

North Carolina - Carnivorous Plant Garden

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.

Horticulturalist and North Carolinian Stanley Rehder’s life work was the cultivation of flesh-eating carnivorous plants. When he passed away, a small green space was dedicated to the “Flytrap-Man”.  Found in one of the world's few microclimates permitting year-round outdoor growth of such plants, its beds are home to pitcher plants, sundews, Venus flytraps, and other insectivorous species. Visitors are invited to survey the lands anytime during daylight hours. In May 2013, the garden found its way into national news when more than 1,000 venus flytraps valued at $20,000 were stolen out of the garden. Officials saw the act as just one in a massive series of flytrap thefts throughout the area, all feeding a massive carnivorous plant black market in the United States. Though the perpetrators of the crime at Rehder Park remain on the loose, the event played a key role in passing a new state law that makes the unlawful taking of a Venus flytrap a felony.
 

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Where can you see Venus Fly Traps in their natural habitat?

A. Jacksonville, NC - 085

B. Charlotte, NC - 627

C. Durham, NC - 418

D. Wilmington, NC - 545