EDITOR’S NOTE: Western North Carolina is weird – and it always has been. From Cherokee myths to Bigfoot and alien encounters, the Blue Ridge Mountains host the quirky and bizarre from past and present. We would not have it any other way, and neither would you. Join us in unfolding the histories and unraveling the mysteries of this strange land we call home.
“A flat iron sits outside the Flatiron” may sound like a tongue twister, but unlike “Peter Piper,” this statement is factual.
While wandering the streets of downtown Asheville, you may have come across a peculiar, larger-than-human-size flat iron standing on the corner of Wall Street and Battery Park Avenue. Without a plaque, passersby are left to marvel in confusion at who or why such a sculpture was built…