Union troops destroyed the Fayetteville Arsenal in 1865, leaving foundations and scattered remains on the hillside. A modern steel framework outlines the shape of one of the vanished corner towers like an architectural ghost, making the missing structure visible without reconstructing it. Site information: https://museumofthecapefear.ncdcr.gov/
Filed under weird history: real events too strange to have made the textbook.
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Source: Roadside America