Randyland L.A., Randlett (Randy) King Lawrence (b. 1956), Los Angeles, CA, begun 2000, visited 2.23.2025
The Watts Towers, Sabato (Simon) Rodia (1875-1965), Los Angeles, CA, built 1921-1954, visited 2.22.2025
East Jesus, Charles Stephen Russell (1965-2011) and others, Niland, CA, begun 2007, visited 2.20.2025
Salvation Mountain, Leonard Knight (1931-2014), Niland, CA, built 1984-2011, visited 2.20.2025
The Integratron, 2.20.2025, no video
Noah Purifoy Desert Art Museum of Assemblage Art, Noah Purifoy (1917-2004), Joshua Tree, CA, built 1989-2004, visited 2.19.2025
Tio's Tacos, Martin Sanchez (b. ?), Riverside, CA, begun ?, visited 2.18.2025
Clarke Bedford (b. 1947), Hyattsville, MD, begun early 2000s?, visited 9.14.2024
The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nation's Millennium General Assembly, James Hampton (1909-1964), Washington, DC, Smithsonian Museum for American Art, visited 9.13.2024, no video
Rock Star Meadow, Nick Della Penna (b. 1941) and Estelle Ross (1945-2016), Rock Hill, NY, begun 1988, visited 7.20.2024
OPUS 40, Harvey Fite (1903-1976), Saugerties, NY, built 1938-1976, visited 7.19.2024
Lucky Cat Museum, visited 4.10.2024
Hartman Rock Garden, H. G. “Ben” Hartman (1882-1944), Springfield, OH, built 1932-1944, visited 4.10.2024
Temple of Tolerance, Jim Bowsher (1948 - 2024), Wapakoneta, OH, built 1981-1999, visited 4.8.2024
Bottle House, New Mexico, 10.16.2023
Ross Ward (1940-2002), and Carla Ward (b. ?), Tinkertown Museum, Sandia Park, NM, built 1967-2002, visited 10.16.2023
Studio 3115, Ken Wolverton (b. 1944), Madrid, NM, begun 1989ish?, visited 10.13.2023
Bill Loyd Bells and Sculpture, Bill Loyd (b.?), Truchas, NM, begun ?, visited 10.12.2023
Fortress of Faith, Floyd "Junior" Banks (b. 1946), Greenback, TN, begun 1993, visited 6.11.2017 and 3.21.2019
The Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden, Pearl Fryar (b. 1940), Bishopville, SC, begun 1983, visited 9.22.2018
Home for Wayward Babydolls, Cecil R. Ison (b. ?) and Bet Ison (b. ?), Morehead, KY, collection begun late 1980s?, current environment early 2000s, visited 11.5.2016 and 10.13.2019
Toynbee Tiles, no video, Philadelphia, PA 6.3.2018
Easter Island on the Hudson, Ted Ludwiczak (1926 - 2016), Haverstraw, NY, built 1988–2016, visited 6.2.2018 and 7.21.2024
Garden of Memories, Rev. Alan Moody (b. ?), Thorntown, Indiana, built 1982-1983, no video, visited 10.29.2016
Philadelphia's Magic Gardens, Isaiah Zagar (b. 1940), Philadelphia, PA, begun late 1960s, no video, visited 1.11.2016
Shangri-La, Henry Warren (1883-1978), Prospect Park, NC, built 1968-1977, visited 8.21.2016 (no video) and 4.21.2018
Haw River Animal Crossing, Clyde Jones (b. 1938), Pittsboro, NC, begun 1970s?, no video
Sam "The Dot Man" McMillan's Shop/Studio, Sam "The Dot Man" McMillan (1926 - 2018), Winston-Salem, NC,built 1980s-2018, no video
Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park, Vollis Simpson (1919 - 2013), Lucama, NC (original location), built 1985-2013, no video
site specific videos
Stone manor, 12.23.2020 and 12.25.2020
Fire in Lexington, 12.19.2017
Lucky Cat museum
Quartz rock
Cape lookout (several), 9.15.2017, 8.9.2019, 9.27 - 9.28.2021, 6.30 - 7.1.2022, 10.12-10.13.2024
Wiseman's view (several), 10.31.2020, 6.5.2021, 6.18.2021, 10.31.2021, 10.6.2022, 6.10.2023
other overlook on Blue Ridge parkway (6.22.2024)
and another overlook on Blue Ridge, also 6.22.2024
Total eclipse huckleberry knob, 8.21.2017
Eclipse Wapakoneta, 4.8.2024
Annular eclipse ojito wilderness, 10.14.2023
Ah-shi-sle-pah, 10.15.2023
Garden of the Gods, NM, 10.16.2023?
living room videos, 12.4.2021
driving in Truches NM?
Joshua Tree National Park, 2.19.2025 and 2.21.2025
Old Burying Ground (Little Girl Burried), 9.16.2017, 9.28.2021 (no movie), 8.2.2023 (no movie)
Sun Ra's door, 6.4.2018
Bold Moon Preserve, 6.12.2020, 12.11.2020, 10.2.2021
Quartz rock, Uwharrie National Forest, 12.26.2020
King Mountain, Uwharrie National Forest, 12.29.2020
Catskill Park, Haines Falls, New York, 7.19.2024
Comet 10.13.2024 New Bern, no video
La Brea Tar Pit, LA 2.22.2025, no video
Beach Caves, Malibu, 2.23.2025
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Live performance videos
projects
Site-specific interactions with self-taught / outsider artist environments
Site: Randyland L.A.
Artist: Randlett (Randy) King Lawrence (b. 1956)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Built: begun 2000
Visit date: 2.23.2025
Note: Took Randy's tour; gave him piece of hand blown glass, he played synth on one improvisation
Site: The Watts Towers
Artist: Sabato (Simon) Rodia (1875-1965)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Built: 1921-1954
Visit date: 2.22.2025
Site: East Jesus
Artist: Charles Stephen Russell (1965-2011) and others
Location: Niland, CA
Built: begun 2007
Visit date: 2.20.2025
Site: Salvation Mountain
Artist: Leonard Knight (1931-2014)
Location: Niland, CA
Built: 1984-2011
Visit date: 2.20.2025
Site: The Integratron
Artist: George Van Tassel (1910-1978)
Location: Landers, CA
Built: 1954-1978 (unfinished)
Visit date: 2.20.2025
Note: Did a sound bath in The Integratron
Site: Noah Purifoy Desert Art Museum of Assemblage Art
Artist: Noah Purifoy (1917-2004)
Location: Joshua Tree, CA
Built: 1989-2004
Visit date: 2.19.2025
Site: Tio's Tacos
Artist: Martin Sanchez (b. ?)
Location: Riverside, CA
Built: begun 1980s?
Visit date: 2.18.2025
Note: Met Martin. Also coincidentally met photographer Fred Scruton
Site: Clarke Bedford's house and vehicles
Artist: Clarke Bedford (b. 1947)
Location: Hyattsville, MD
Built: begun early 2000s?
Visit date: 9.14.2024
Note: Met Clarke and toured his house and RV. We did an improvisation with his sound machine.
Site: The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nation's Millennium General Assembly
Artist: James Hampton (1909-1964)
Location: Washington, DC (now in the Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Built: ?
Visit date: 9.13.2024
Site: Easter Island on the Hudson
Artist: Ted Ludwiczak (1926 - 2016)
Location: Haverstraw, NY
Built: built 1988–2016
Visit date: 7.21.2024 (and 6.2.2018)
Note: Met Ted's son ? on 2024 visit. Spoke with him on the phone in 2018. Allowed us to film in back yard and take stairs down to the river front to see more stones.
Site: Rock Star Meadow
Artist: Nick Della Penna (b. 1941) and Estelle Ross (1945-2016)
Location: Rock Hill, NY
Built: begun 1988
Visit date: 7.20.2024
Note: Met Nick. He is still working on the environment.
Site: OPUS 40
Artist: Harvey Fite (1903-1976)
Location: Saugerties, NY
Built: built 1938-1976 (unfinished)
Visit date: 7.19.2024
Site: Lucky Cat Museum
Artist: Micha Robertson (b. ?)
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Built: collection begun early 2000s?
Visit date: 4.10.2024
Site: Hartman Rock Garden
Artist: H. G. “Ben” Hartman (1882-1944)
Location: Springfield, OH
Built: 1932-1944
Visit date: 4.10.2024
Site: Temple of Tolerance
Artist: Jim Bowsher (1948 - 2024)
Location: Wapakoneta, OH
Built: 1981-1999
Visit date: 4.8.2024
Note: Experienced the total eclipse at top of the Temple. Saw Jim but did not get a chance to meet him. He died later that year.
Site: Leroy Gonzales's Bottle House
Artist: Leroy Gonzales (b. ?)
Location: Golden, NM
Built: ?
Visit date: 10.16.2023
Note: The neighbor from across the street has an ongoing dispute with Leroy about something. He showed us a mugshot of Leroy from when he got arrested something.
Site: Tinkertown Museum
Artist: Ross Ward (1940-2002), and Carla Ward (b. ?)
Location: Sandia Park, NM
Built: 1967-2002
Visit date: 10.16.2023
Note: Met Carla Ward.
Site: Studio 3115
Artist: Ken Wolverton (b. 1944)
Location: Madrid, NM
Built: begun 1989?
Visit date: 10.13.2023
Note: Met Ken. He told us great stories about his time abroad (Ireland? and ?) making art installations with his wife (name?)
Site: Bill Loyd Bells and Sculpture
Artist: Bill Loyd (b.?)
Location: Truchas, NM
Built: begun ?
Visit date: 10.12.2023
Note: Met Bill.
Site: Fortress of Faith
Artist: Floyd "Junior" Banks (b. 1946)
Location: Greenback, TN
Built: begun 1993
Visit date: 3.21.2019 (and 6.11.2017)
Note: Met Junior on 2019 visit. He told us about building the castle and played with us on an improvisation.
Site: The Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden
Artist: Pearl Fryar (b. 1940)
Location: Bishopville, SC
Built: begun 1983
Visit date: 9.22.2018
Note: Met Pearl.
Site: Home for Wayward Babydolls
Artist: Cecil R. Ison (b. ?) and Bet Ison (b. ?)
Location: Morehead, KY
Built: collection begun late 1980s?, current environment early 2000s
Visit date: 10.13.2019 (and 11.5.2016)
Note: Met Bet and Cecil on 2019 visit. Bet gave us a tour and showed us her fantastic quilt artwork, some of which uses soft circuits to illuminate the quilts. Their daughter went to UNCG (?) and is ambassador of ?
Site: Toynbee Tiles
Artist: Severino "Sevy" Verna? (b. ?)
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Built: begun tiling in the 1980s?
Visit date: 6.3.2018
Note: Best example seen was at SW corner of City Hall square, on S Penn Square
Site: Easter Island on the Hudson
Artist: Ted Ludwiczak (1926 - 2016)
Location: Haverstraw, NY
Built: built 1988–2016
Visit date: 6.2.2018 (and 7.21.2024)
Note: Met Ted's son ? on 2024 visit. Spoke with him on the phone in 2018. Allowed us to film in back yard and take stairs down to the river front to see more stones.
Site: Shangri-La
Artist: Henry Warren (1883-1978)
Location: Prospect Park, NC
Built: 1968-1977
Visit date: 4.21.2018 (and 8.21.2016)
Note: Ayse came with us on 2018 visit and took some pictures and video
Site: Fortress of Faith
Artist: Floyd "Junior" Banks (b. 1946)
Location: Greenback, TN
Built: begun 1993
Visit date: 6.11.2017 (and 3.21.2019)
Note: Met Junior on 2019 visit. He told us about building the castle and played with us on an improvisation.
Site: Home for Wayward Babydolls
Artist: Cecil R. Ison (b. ?) and Bet Ison (b. ?)
Location: Morehead, KY
Built: collection begun late 1980s?, current environment early 2000s
Visit date: 11.5.2016 (and 10.13.2019)
Note: Met Bet and Cecil on 2019 visit. Bet gave us a tour and showed us her fantastic quilt artwork, some of which uses soft circuits to illuminate the quilts. Their daughter went to UNCG (?) and is ambassador of ?
Site: Garden of Memories
Artist: Rev. Alan Moody (b. ?)
Location: Thorntown, IN
Built: 1982-1983
Visit date: 10.29.2016
Site: Shangri-La
Artist: Henry Warren (1883-1978)
Location: Prospect Park, NC
Built: 1968-1977
Visit date: 8.21.2016 (and 4.21.2018)
Note: Ayse came with us on 2018 visit and took some pictures and video
Site: Philadelphia's Magic Gardens
Artist: Isaiah Zagar (b. 1940)
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Built: begun late 1960s
Visit date: 1.11.2016
Site: Jungle Boy Zoo / Haw River Animal Crossing
Artist: Clyde Jones (b. 1938)
Location: Pittsboro, NC
Built: begun 1980s?
Visit date: between 2010-2015?
Site: Sam "The Dot Man" McMillan's Shop/Studio
Artist: Sam McMillan (1926 - 2018)
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Built: 1980s-2018
Visit date: before 2009?
Site: Vollis Simpson's Whirligig Park
Artist: Vollis Simpson (1919 - 2013)
Location: Lucama, NC (original location)
Built: 1985-2013
Visit date: before 2009?
Site-specific activation of natural/man-made // wonders/disasters
(Ex. celestial events, biospheric interactions, landscapes, historical sites, curiosities, etc.)
Natural Wonders - Eclipses
Description: Total eclipse
Location: Wapakoneta, OH
Date: 4.8.2024
Note: Witnessed eclipse at the top of the Temple of Tolerance (see outsider art environment list)
Description: Annular eclipse ojito wilderness, 10.14.2023
Location: Ojito Wilderness, Jemez Pueblo, NM
Date: 10.14.2023
Randyland L.A., Randlett (Randy) King Lawrence (b. 1956), Los Angeles, CA, begun 2000, visited 2.23.2025
The Watts Towers, Sabato (Simon) Rodia (1875-1965), Los Angeles, CA, built 1921-1954, visited 2.22.2025
East Jesus, Charles Stephen Russell (1965-2011) and others, Niland, CA, begun 2007, visited 2.20.2025
Salvation Mountain, Leonard Knight (1931-2014), Niland, CA, built 1984-2011, visited 2.20.2025
The Integratron, George Van Tassel (1910-1978), Landers, CA, built 1954-1978 (unfinished), visited 2.20.2025, no video
Noah Purifoy Desert Art Museum of Assemblage Art, Noah Purifoy (1917-2004), Joshua Tree, CA, built 1989-2004, visited 2.19.2025
Tio's Tacos, Martin Sanchez (b. ?), Riverside, CA, begun ?, visited 2.18.2025
Clarke Bedford (b. 1947), Hyattsville, MD, begun early 2000s?, visited 9.14.2024
The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nation's Millennium General Assembly, James Hampton (1909-1964), Washington, DC, Smithsonian Museum for American Art, visited 9.13.2024, no video
Easter Island on the Hudson, Ted Ludwiczak (1926 - 2016), Haverstraw, NY, built 1988–2016, visited 6.2.2018 and 7.21.2024
Rock Star Meadow, Nick Della Penna (b. 1941) and Estelle Ross (1945-2016), Rock Hill, NY, begun 1988, visited 7.20.2024
OPUS 40, Harvey Fite (1903-1976), Saugerties, NY, built 1938-1976, visited 7.19.2024
Lucky Cat Museum, visited 4.10.2024
Hartman Rock Garden, H. G. “Ben” Hartman (1882-1944), Springfield, OH, built 1932-1944, visited 4.10.2024
Temple of Tolerance, Jim Bowsher (1948 - 2024), Wapakoneta, OH, built 1981-1999, visited 4.8.2024
Bottle House, New Mexico, 10.16.2023
Tinkertown Museum, Ross Ward (1940-2002), and Carla Ward (b. ?), Sandia Park, NM, built 1967-2002, visited 10.16.2023
Studio 3115, Ken Wolverton (b. 1944), Madrid, NM, begun 1989ish?, visited 10.13.2023
Bill Loyd Bells and Sculpture, Bill Loyd (b.?), Truchas, NM, begun ?, visited 10.12.2023
Fortress of Faith, Floyd "Junior" Banks (b. 1946), Greenback, TN, begun 1993, visited 6.11.2017 and 3.21.2019
The Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden, Pearl Fryar (b. 1940), Bishopville, SC, begun 1983, visited 9.22.2018
Home for Wayward Babydolls, Cecil R. Ison (b. ?) and Bet Ison (b. ?), Morehead, KY, collection begun late 1980s?, current environment early 2000s, visited 11.5.2016 and 10.13.2019
Toynbee Tiles, no video, Philadelphia, PA 6.3.2018
Shangri-La, Henry Warren (1883-1978), Prospect Park, NC, built 1968-1977, visited 8.21.2016 (no video) and 4.21.2018
Garden of Memories, Rev. Alan Moody (b. ?), Thorntown, Indiana, built 1982-1983, no video, visited 10.29.2016
Philadelphia's Magic Gardens, Isaiah Zagar (b. 1940), Philadelphia, PA, begun late 1960s, no video, visited 1.11.2016
Haw River Animal Crossing, Clyde Jones (b. 1938), Pittsboro, NC, begun 1970s?, no video
Sam "The Dot Man" McMillan's Shop/Studio, Sam "The Dot Man" McMillan (1926 - 2018), Winston-Salem, NC,built 1980s-2018, no video
Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park, Vollis Simpson (1919 - 2013), Lucama, NC (original location), built 1985-2013, no video
site specific videos
Stone manor, 12.23.2020 and 12.25.2020
Fire in Lexington, 12.19.2017
Lucky Cat museum
Quartz rock
Cape lookout (several), 9.15.2017, 8.9.2019, 9.27 - 9.28.2021, 6.30 - 7.1.2022, 10.12-10.13.2024
Wiseman's view (several), 10.31.2020, 6.5.2021, 6.18.2021, 10.31.2021, 10.6.2022, 6.10.2023
other overlook on Blue Ridge parkway (6.22.2024)
and another overlook on Blue Ridge, also 6.22.2024
Total eclipse huckleberry knob, 8.21.2017
Eclipse Wapakoneta, 4.8.2024
Annular eclipse ojito wilderness, 10.14.2023
Ah-shi-sle-pah, 10.15.2023
Garden of the Gods, NM, 10.16.2023?
living room videos, 12.4.2021
driving in Truches NM?
Joshua Tree National Park, 2.19.2025 and 2.21.2025
Old Burying Ground (Little Girl Burried), 9.16.2017, 9.28.2021 (no movie), 8.2.2023 (no movie)
Sun Ra's door, 6.4.2018
Bold Moon Preserve, 6.12.2020, 12.11.2020, 10.2.2021
Quartz rock, Uwharrie National Forest, 12.26.2020
King Mountain, Uwharrie National Forest, 12.29.2020
Catskill Park, Haines Falls, New York, 7.19.2024
Comet 10.13.2024 New Bern, no video
La Brea Tar Pit, LA 2.22.2025, no video
Beach Caves, Malibu, 2.23.2025
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Live performance videos
Stone manor, 12.23.2020 and 12.25.2020
Fire in Lexington, 12.19.2017
Cape lookout (several), 9.15.2017, 8.9.2019, 9.27 - 9.28.2021, 6.30 - 7.1.2022, 10.12-10.13.2024
Wiseman's view (several), 10.31.2020, 6.5.2021, 6.18.2021, 10.31.2021, 10.6.2022, 6.10.2023
Chestoa View overlook Marion, NC on Blue Ridge parkway (6.22.2024)
The Loops overlook, Spruce Pine, NC on Blue Ridge, also 6.22.2024
Total eclipse huckleberry knob, 8.21.2017
Eclipse Wapakoneta, 4.8.2024
Annular eclipse ojito wilderness, 10.14.2023
Ah-shi-sle-pah, 10.15.2023
Garden of the Gods, NM, 10.16.2023?
driving in Truches NM?
Joshua Tree National Park, 2.19.2025 and 2.21.2025
Old Burying Ground (Little Girl Burried), 9.16.2017, 9.28.2021 (no movie), 8.2.2023 (no movie)
Sun Ra's door, 6.4.2018
Bold Moon Preserve, 6.12.2020, 12.11.2020, 10.2.2021
Quartz rock, Uwharrie National Forest, 12.26.2020
King Mountain, Uwharrie National Forest, 12.29.2020
Catskill Park, Haines Falls, New York, 7.19.2024
Comet 10.13.2024 New Bern, no video
La Brea Tar Pit, LA 2.22.2025, no video
Beach Caves, Malibu, 2.23.2025
Linville Caverns
Cave in TN?
living room videos, 12.4.2021
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Live performance videos
xxx
collaborations
xxx
Randyland L.A., Randlett (Randy) King Lawrence (b. 1956), Los Angeles, CA, begun 2000, visited 2.23.2025
The Watts Towers, Sabato (Simon) Rodia (1875-1965), Los Angeles, CA, built 1921-1954, visited 2.22.2025
East Jesus, Charles Stephen Russell (1965-2011) and others, Niland, CA, begun 2007, visited 2.20.2025
Salvation Mountain, Leonard Knight (1931-2014), Niland, CA, built 1984-2011, visited 2.20.2025
The Integratron, George Van Tassel (1910-1978), Landers, CA, built 1954-1978 (unfinished), visited 2.20.2025, no video
Noah Purifoy Desert Art Museum of Assemblage Art, Noah Purifoy (1917-2004), Joshua Tree, CA, built 1989-2004, visited 2.19.2025
Tio's Tacos, Martin Sanchez (b. ?), Riverside, CA, begun ?, visited 2.18.2025
Clarke Bedford (b. 1947), Hyattsville, MD, begun early 2000s?, visited 9.14.2024
The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nation's Millennium General Assembly, James Hampton (1909-1964), Washington, DC, Smithsonian Museum for American Art, visited 9.13.2024, no video
Easter Island on the Hudson, Ted Ludwiczak (1926 - 2016), Haverstraw, NY, built 1988–2016, visited 6.2.2018 and 7.21.2024
Rock Star Meadow, Nick Della Penna (b. 1941) and Estelle Ross (1945-2016), Rock Hill, NY, begun 1988, visited 7.20.2024
OPUS 40, Harvey Fite (1903-1976), Saugerties, NY, built 1938-1976, visited 7.19.2024
Lucky Cat Museum, visited 4.10.2024
Hartman Rock Garden, H. G. “Ben” Hartman (1882-1944), Springfield, OH, built 1932-1944, visited 4.10.2024
Temple of Tolerance, Jim Bowsher (1948 - 2024), Wapakoneta, OH, built 1981-1999, visited 4.8.2024
Bottle House, New Mexico, 10.16.2023
Tinkertown Museum, Ross Ward (1940-2002), and Carla Ward (b. ?), Sandia Park, NM, built 1967-2002, visited 10.16.2023
Studio 3115, Ken Wolverton (b. 1944), Madrid, NM, begun 1989ish?, visited 10.13.2023
Bill Loyd Bells and Sculpture, Bill Loyd (b.?), Truchas, NM, begun ?, visited 10.12.2023
Fortress of Faith, Floyd "Junior" Banks (b. 1946), Greenback, TN, begun 1993, visited 6.11.2017 and 3.21.2019
The Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden, Pearl Fryar (b. 1940), Bishopville, SC, begun 1983, visited 9.22.2018
Home for Wayward Babydolls, Cecil R. Ison (b. ?) and Bet Ison (b. ?), Morehead, KY, collection begun late 1980s?, current environment early 2000s, visited 11.5.2016 and 10.13.2019
Toynbee Tiles, no video, Philadelphia, PA 6.3.2018
Shangri-La, Henry Warren (1883-1978), Prospect Park, NC, built 1968-1977, visited 8.21.2016 (no video) and 4.21.2018
Garden of Memories, Rev. Alan Moody (b. ?), Thorntown, Indiana, built 1982-1983, no video, visited 10.29.2016
Philadelphia's Magic Gardens, Isaiah Zagar (b. 1940), Philadelphia, PA, begun late 1960s, no video, visited 1.11.2016
Haw River Animal Crossing, Clyde Jones (b. 1938), Pittsboro, NC, begun 1970s?, no video
Sam "The Dot Man" McMillan's Shop/Studio, Sam "The Dot Man" McMillan (1926 - 2018), Winston-Salem, NC,built 1980s-2018, no video
Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park, Vollis Simpson (1919 - 2013), Lucama, NC (original location), built 1985-2013, no video
site specific videos
projects
Site-specific interactions with self-taught / outsider artist environments
Site: Randyland L.A.
Artist: Randlett (Randy) King Lawrence (b. 1956)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Built: begun 2000
Visit date: 2.23.2025
Note: Took Randy's tour; gave him piece of hand blown glass, he played synth on one improvisation
Site: The Watts Towers
Artist: Sabato (Simon) Rodia (1875 - 1965)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Built: 1921-1954
Visit date: 2.22.2025
Site: East Jesus
Artist: Charles Stephen Russell (1965 - 2011) and others
Location: Niland, CA
Built: begun 2007
Visit date: 2.20.2025
Site: Salvation Mountain
Artist: Leonard Knight (1931 - 2014)
Location: Niland, CA
Built: 1984-2011
Visit date: 2.20.2025
Site: The Integratron
Artist: George Van Tassel (1910 - 1978)
Location: Landers, CA
Built: 1954-1978 (unfinished)
Visit date: 2.20.2025
Site: Noah Purifoy Desert Art Museum of Assemblage Art
Artist: Noah Purifoy (1917 - 2004)
Location: Joshua Tree, CA
Built: 1989-2004
Visit date: 2.19.2025
Site: Tio's Tacos
Artist: Martin Sanchez (b. ?)
Location: Riverside, CA
Built: begun 1980s?
Visit date: 2.18.2025
Note: Met Martin. Also coincidentally met photographer Fred Scruton.
Site: Clarke Bedford's house and vehicles
Artist: Clarke Bedford (b. 1947)
Location: Hyattsville, MD
Built: begun early 2000s?
Visit date: 9.14.2024
Note: Met Clarke and toured his house and RV. We did an improvisation with his sound machine.
Site: The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nation's Millennium General Assembly
Artist: James Hampton (1909 - 1964)
Location: Washington, DC (now in the Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Built: ?
Visit date: 9.13.2024
Site: Easter Island on the Hudson
Artist: Ted Ludwiczak (1926 - 2016)
Location: Haverstraw, NY
Built: built 1988–2016
Visit date: 7.21.2024 (and 6.2.2018)
Note: Met Ted's son ? on 2024 visit. Spoke with him on the phone in 2018. Allowed us to film in back yard and take stairs down to the river front to see more stone faces.
Site: Rock Star Meadow
Artist: Nick Della Penna (b. 1941) and Estelle Ross (1945 - 2016)
Location: Rock Hill, NY
Built: begun 1988
Visit date: 7.20.2024
Note: Met Nick. He is still working on the environment.
Site: OPUS 40
Artist: Harvey Fite (1903 - 1976)
Location: Saugerties, NY
Built: built 1938-1976 (unfinished)
Visit date: 7.19.2024
Site: Lucky Cat Museum
Artist: Micha Robertson (b. ?)
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Built: collection begun early 2000s?
Visit date: 4.10.2024
Site: Hartman Rock Garden
Artist: H. G. “Ben” Hartman (1882 - 1944)
Location: Springfield, OH
Built: 1932-1944
Visit date: 4.10.2024
Site: Temple of Tolerance
Artist: Jim Bowsher (1948 - 2024)
Location: Wapakoneta, OH
Built: 1981-1999
Visit date: 4.8.2024
Note: Experienced the total eclipse at top of the Temple. Saw Jim but did not get a chance to meet him. He died later that year.
Site: Leroy Gonzales's Bottle House
Artist: Leroy Gonzales (b. ?)
Location: Golden, NM
Built: ?
Visit date: 10.16.2023
Note: The neighbor from across the street has an ongoing dispute with Leroy about something. He showed us a mugshot of Leroy from when he got arrested something.
Site: Tinkertown Museum
Artist: Ross Ward (1940 - 2002), and Carla Ward (b. ?)
Location: Sandia Park, NM
Built: 1967-2002
Visit date: 10.16.2023
Note: Met Carla Ward.
Site: Studio 3115
Artist: Ken Wolverton (b. 1944)
Location: Madrid, NM
Built: begun 1989?
Visit date: 10.13.2023
Note: Met Ken. He told us great stories about his time abroad (Ireland? and ?) making art installations with his wife (name?)
Site: Bill Loyd Bells and Sculpture
Artist: Bill Loyd (b.?)
Location: Truchas, NM
Built: begun ?
Visit date: 10.12.2023
Note: Met Bill.
Site: Fortress of Faith
Artist: Floyd "Junior" Banks (b. 1946)
Location: Greenback, TN
Built: begun 1993
Visit date: 3.21.2019 (and 6.11.2017)
Note: Met Junior on 2019 visit. He told us about building the castle and played with us on an improvisation.
Site: The Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden
Artist: Pearl Fryar (b. 1940)
Location: Bishopville, SC
Built: begun 1983
Visit date: 9.22.2018
Note: Met Pearl.
Site: Home for Wayward Babydolls
Artist: Cecil R. Ison (b. ?) and Bet Ison (b. ?)
Location: Morehead, KY
Built: collection begun late 1980s?, current environment early 2000s
Visit date: 10.13.2019 (and 11.5.2016)
Note: Video. Met Bet and Cecil on 2019 visit. Bet gave us a tour and showed us her fantastic quilt artwork, some of which uses soft circuits to illuminate the quilts. Their daughter went to UNCG (?) and is ambassador of ?
Site: Toynbee Tiles
Artist: Severino "Sevy" Verna? (b. ?)
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Built: begun tiling in the 1980s?
Visit date: 6.3.2018
Note: Best example seen was at SW corner of City Hall square, on S Penn Square
Site: Easter Island on the Hudson
Artist: Ted Ludwiczak (1926 - 2016)
Location: Haverstraw, NY
Built: built 1988–2016
Visit date: 6.2.2018 (and 7.21.2024)
Note: Met Ted's son ? on 2024 visit. Spoke with him on the phone in 2018. Allowed us to film in back yard and take stairs down to the river front to see more stones.
Site: Shangri-La
Artist: Henry Warren (1883 - 1978)
Location: Prospect Park, NC
Built: 1968-1977
Visit date: 4.21.2018 (and 8.21.2016)
Note: Ayse came with us on 2018 visit and took some pictures and video
Site: Fortress of Faith
Artist: Floyd "Junior" Banks (b. 1946)
Location: Greenback, TN
Built: begun 1993
Visit date: 6.11.2017 (and 3.21.2019)
Note: Video. Met Junior on 2019 visit. He told us about building the castle and played with us on an improvisation.
Site: Home for Wayward Babydolls
Artist: Cecil R. Ison (b. ?) and Bet Ison (b. ?)
Location: Morehead, KY
Built: collection begun late 1980s?, current environment early 2000s
Visit date: 11.5.2016 (and 10.13.2019)
Note: Met Bet and Cecil on 2019 visit. Bet gave us a tour and showed us her fantastic quilt artwork, some of which uses soft circuits to illuminate the quilts. Their daughter went to UNCG (?) and is ambassador of ?
Site: Garden of Memories
Artist: Rev. Alan Moody (b. ?)
Location: Thorntown, IN
Built: 1982-1983
Visit date: 10.29.2016
Site: Shangri-La
Artist: Henry Warren (1883 - 1978)
Location: Prospect Park, NC
Built: 1968-1977
Visit date: 8.21.2016 (and 4.21.2018)
Note: Ayse came with us on 2018 visit and took some pictures and video
Site: Philadelphia's Magic Gardens
Artist: Isaiah Zagar (b. 1940)
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Built: begun late 1960s
Visit date: 1.11.2016
Site: Jungle Boy Zoo / Haw River Animal Crossing
Artist: Clyde Jones (b. 1938)
Location: Pittsboro, NC
Built: begun 1980s?
Visit date: between 2010-2015?
Note: Not our photograph. Photo by Vincent Borrelli from 1990.
Site: Sam "The Dot Man" McMillan's Shop/Studio
Artist: Sam McMillan (1926 - 2018)
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Built: 1980s-2018
Visit date: before 2009? (Photo from SEECA 3.10.2019, not from Sam's gallery)
Site: Vollis Simpson's Whirligig Park
Artist: Vollis Simpson (1919 - 2013)
Location: Lucama, NC (original location)
Built: 1985-2013
Visit date: before 2009? (Photo from 7.30.2010)
Site-specific interactions (landscapes, celestial events, historical sites, curiosities, etc.)
Eclipses and Celestial Events
Description: Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) - 80,000 year comet
Location: New Bern, NC
Date: 10.13.2024
Description: Total eclipse
Location: Wapakoneta, OH
Date: 4.8.2024
Note: Witnessed eclipse at the top of the Temple of Tolerance (see outsider art environment list)
Description: Annular eclipse
Location: Ojito Wilderness, Jemez Pueblo, NM
Date: 10.14.2023
Description: Total eclipse
Location: Huckleberry Knob, Nantahala National Forest, Cheoah, NC
Date: 8.21.2017
Note: Video.
Landscapes
Description: Beach caves
Location: Leo Carrillo State Park, Malibu, CA
Date: 2.23.2025
Note: Coastal caves only accessible during low tide
Description: La Brea Tar Pits
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Date: 2.22.2025
Description: Joshua Tree National Park
Location: Joshua Tree, CA
Date: 2.19.2025 and 2.21.2025
Description: Kaaterskill Falls
Location: Catskill Park Forest Preserve, Haines Falls, NY
Date: 7.19.2024
Description: The Loops overlook
Location: Blue Ridge Parkway, Spruce Pine, NC
Date: 6.22.2024
Description: Chestoa View overlook
Location: Blue Ridge Parkway, Marion, NC
Date: 6.22.2024
Description: Garden of the Gods
Location: Sante Fe, NM
Date: 10.16.2023
Description: Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness
Location: Bloomfield, NM
Date: 10.15.2023
Description: Ojito Wilderness
Location: Jemez Pueblo, NM
Date: 10.14.2023
Description: NM-76 (High Road to Taos)
Location: Truchas, NM
Date: 10.12.2023
Description: King Mountain
Location: Uwharrie National Forest, Troy, NC
Date: 12.29.2020
Description: Quartz boulder
Location: Uwharrie National Forest, Troy, NC
Date: 12.26.2020
Description: Wiseman's View overlook
Location: Linville Gorge Wilderness Area, Marion, NC
Date: 10.31.2020, 6.5.2021, 6.18.2021, 10.31.2021, 10.6.2022, 6.10.2023
Description: Cape Lookout National Seashore
Location: North Carolina outer banks
Date: 9.15.2017, 8.9.2019, 9.27-28.2021, 6.30 -7.1.2022, 10.12-13.2024
Historical Sites
Description: The Rock House
Location: Pinnacle, NC
Date: 12.23.2020 and 12.25.2020
Note: Video. Home of Jack and Nancy Shipp Martin, 1770-1841.
Description: Bold Moon Preserve
Location: McLeansville, NC
Date: 6.12.2020, 12.11.2020, 10.2.2021
Note: Former site of a 1980s lesbian separatist commune, based on the principles of Womyn's Land, an intentional women-only community and social movement.
Description: Old Burying Ground
Location: Beaufort, NC
Date: 9.16.2017, 9.28.2021, 8.2.2023
Note: Early-1700s cemetery, Revolutionary and Civil War graves and site of the "Little Girl Buried"
Description: Sun Ra's former residence
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: 6.4.2018
Disasters
Description: Fire at old Dixie Furniture plant
Location: Lexington, NC
Date: 12.19.2017
Note: Video.
Collaborations
Description: Crowmeat Bob, clarinet and saxophone
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 6.14.2024
Note: All Data Lost Festival, each set was linked by a joint improvisation, a sort of musical "exquisite corpse"
Description: Grahm Holt, poet
Location: Greensboro, NC
Date: 3.19.2017
Note: Live broadcast on WUAG
Description: ?,?,?, dancers
Location: Greensboro, NC
Date: 6.20.2015
Note: Eastern Music Festival Chamber Crawl, live improvisations with dancers/musicians at various venues in downtown Greensboro
Video Artifacts
Description: Home video
Location: Greensboro, NC
Date: 12.4.2021
Description: Home video
Location: Greensboro, NC
Date: 10.14.2019
Site: Randyland L.A.
Artist: Randlett (Randy) King Lawrence (b. 1956)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Built: begun 2000
Visit date: 2.23.2025
Note: Took Randy's tour; gave him piece of hand blown glass, he played synth on one improvisation
Site: The Watts Towers
Artist: Sabato (Simon) Rodia (1875 - 1965)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Built: 1921-1954
Visit date: 2.22.2025
Site: East Jesus
Artist: Charles Stephen Russell (1965 - 2011) and others
Location: Niland, CA
Built: begun 2007
Visit date: 2.20.2025
Site: Salvation Mountain
Artist: Leonard Knight (1931 - 2014)
Location: Niland, CA
Built: 1984-2011
Visit date: 2.20.2025
Site: Randyland L.A.
Artist: Randlett (Randy) King Lawrence (b. 1956)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Built: begun 2000
Visit date: 2.23.2025
Note: Took Randy's tour; gave him piece of hand blown glass, he played synth on one improvisation
Site: The Watts Towers
Artist: Sabato (Simon) Rodia (1875 - 1965)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Built: 1921-1954
Visit date: 2.22.2025
Site: East Jesus
Artist: Charles Stephen Russell (1965 - 2011) and others
Location: Niland, CA
Built: begun 2007
Visit date: 2.20.2025
Site: Salvation Mountain
Artist: Leonard Knight (1931 - 2014)
Location: Niland, CA
Built: 1984-2011
Visit date: 2.20.2025
Site: The Integratron
Artist: George Van Tassel (1910 - 1978)
Location: Landers, CA
Built: 1954-1978 (unfinished)
Visit date: 2.20.2025
Site: Noah Purifoy Desert Art Museum of Assemblage Art
Artist: Noah Purifoy (1917 - 2004)
Location: Joshua Tree, CA
Built: 1989-2004
Visit date: 2.19.2025
Site: Tio's Tacos
Artist: Martin Sanchez (b. ?)
Location: Riverside, CA
Built: begun 1980s?
Visit date: 2.18.2025
Note: Met Martin. Also coincidentally met photographer Fred Scruton.
Site: Clarke Bedford's house and vehicles
Artist: Clarke Bedford (b. 1947)
Location: Hyattsville, MD
Built: begun early 2000s?
Visit date: 9.14.2024
Note: Met Clarke and toured his house and RV. We did an improvisation with his sound machine.
Site: The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nation's Millennium General Assembly
Artist: James Hampton (1909 - 1964)
Location: Washington, DC (now in the Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Built: ?
Visit date: 9.13.2024
Site: Easter Island on the Hudson
Artist: Ted Ludwiczak (1926 - 2016)
Location: Haverstraw, NY
Built: built 1988–2016
Visit date: 7.21.2024 (and 6.2.2018)
Note: Met Ted's son ? on 2024 visit. Spoke with him on the phone in 2018. Allowed us to film in back yard and take stairs down to the river front to see more stone faces.
Site: Rock Star Meadow
Artist: Nick Della Penna (b. 1941) and Estelle Ross (1945 - 2016)
Location: Rock Hill, NY
Built: begun 1988
Visit date: 7.20.2024
Note: Met Nick. He is still working on the environment.
Site: OPUS 40
Artist: Harvey Fite (1903 - 1976)
Location: Saugerties, NY
Built: built 1938-1976 (unfinished)
Visit date: 7.19.2024
Site: Lucky Cat Museum
Artist: Micha Robertson (b. ?)
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Built: collection begun early 2000s?
Visit date: 4.10.2024
Site: Hartman Rock Garden
Artist: H. G. “Ben” Hartman (1882 - 1944)
Location: Springfield, OH
Built: 1932-1944
Visit date: 4.10.2024
Site: Temple of Tolerance
Artist: Jim Bowsher (1948 - 2024)
Location: Wapakoneta, OH
Built: 1981-1999
Visit date: 4.8.2024
Note: Experienced the total eclipse at top of the Temple. Saw Jim but did not get a chance to meet him. He died later that year.
Site: Leroy Gonzales's Bottle House
Artist: Leroy Gonzales (b. ?)
Location: Golden, NM
Built: ?
Visit date: 10.16.2023
Note: The neighbor from across the street has an ongoing dispute with Leroy about something. He showed us a mugshot of Leroy from when he got arrested something.
Site: Tinkertown Museum
Artist: Ross Ward (1940 - 2002), and Carla Ward (b. ?)
Location: Sandia Park, NM
Built: 1967-2002
Visit date: 10.16.2023
Note: Met Carla Ward.
Site: Studio 3115
Artist: Ken Wolverton (b. 1944)
Location: Madrid, NM
Built: begun 1989?
Visit date: 10.13.2023
Note: Met Ken. He told us great stories about his time abroad (Ireland? and ?) making art installations with his wife (name?)
Site: Bill Loyd Bells and Sculpture
Artist: Bill Loyd (b.?)
Location: Truchas, NM
Built: begun ?
Visit date: 10.12.2023
Note: Met Bill.
Site: Fortress of Faith
Artist: Floyd "Junior" Banks (b. 1946)
Location: Greenback, TN
Built: begun 1993
Visit date: 3.21.2019 (and 6.11.2017)
Note: Met Junior on 2019 visit. He told us about building the castle and played with us on an improvisation.
Site: The Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden
Artist: Pearl Fryar (b. 1940)
Location: Bishopville, SC
Built: begun 1983
Visit date: 9.22.2018
Note: Met Pearl.
Site: Home for Wayward Babydolls
Artist: Cecil R. Ison (b. ?) and Bet Ison (b. ?)
Location: Morehead, KY
Built: collection begun late 1980s?, current environment early 2000s
Visit date: 10.13.2019 (and 11.5.2016)
Note: Video. Met Bet and Cecil on 2019 visit. Bet gave us a tour and showed us her fantastic quilt artwork, some of which uses soft circuits to illuminate the quilts. Their daughter went to UNCG (?) and is ambassador of ?
Site: Toynbee Tiles
Artist: Severino "Sevy" Verna? (b. ?)
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Built: begun tiling in the 1980s?
Visit date: 6.3.2018
Note: Best example seen was at SW corner of City Hall square, on S Penn Square
Site: Easter Island on the Hudson
Artist: Ted Ludwiczak (1926 - 2016)
Location: Haverstraw, NY
Built: built 1988–2016
Visit date: 6.2.2018 (and 7.21.2024)
Note: Met Ted's son ? on 2024 visit. Spoke with him on the phone in 2018. Allowed us to film in back yard and take stairs down to the river front to see more stones.
Site: Shangri-La
Artist: Henry Warren (1883 - 1978)
Location: Prospect Park, NC
Built: 1968-1977
Visit date: 4.21.2018 (and 8.21.2016)
Note: Ayse came with us on 2018 visit and took some pictures and video
Site: Fortress of Faith
Artist: Floyd "Junior" Banks (b. 1946)
Location: Greenback, TN
Built: begun 1993
Visit date: 6.11.2017 (and 3.21.2019)
Note: Video. Met Junior on 2019 visit. He told us about building the castle and played with us on an improvisation.
Site: Home for Wayward Babydolls
Artist: Cecil R. Ison (b. ?) and Bet Ison (b. ?)
Location: Morehead, KY
Built: collection begun late 1980s?, current environment early 2000s
Visit date: 11.5.2016 (and 10.13.2019)
Note: Met Bet and Cecil on 2019 visit. Bet gave us a tour and showed us her fantastic quilt artwork, some of which uses soft circuits to illuminate the quilts. Their daughter went to UNCG (?) and is ambassador of ?
Site: Garden of Memories
Artist: Rev. Alan Moody (b. ?)
Location: Thorntown, IN
Built: 1982-1983
Visit date: 10.29.2016
Site: Shangri-La
Artist: Henry Warren (1883 - 1978)
Location: Prospect Park, NC
Built: 1968-1977
Visit date: 8.21.2016 (and 4.21.2018)
Note: Ayse came with us on 2018 visit and took some pictures and video
Site: Philadelphia's Magic Gardens
Artist: Isaiah Zagar (b. 1940)
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Built: begun late 1960s
Visit date: 1.11.2016
Site: Jungle Boy Zoo / Haw River Animal Crossing
Artist: Clyde Jones (b. 1938)
Location: Pittsboro, NC
Built: begun 1980s?
Visit date: between 2010-2015?
Note: Not our photograph. Photo by Vincent Borrelli from 1990.
Site: Sam "The Dot Man" McMillan's Shop/Studio
Artist: Sam McMillan (1926 - 2018)
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Built: 1980s-2018
Visit date: before 2009? (Photo from SEECA 3.10.2019, not from Sam's gallery)
Site: Vollis Simpson's Whirligig Park
Artist: Vollis Simpson (1919 - 2013)
Location: Lucama, NC (original location)
Built: 1985-2013
Visit date: before 2009? (Photo from 7.30.2010)
Description: Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) - 80,000 year comet
Location: New Bern, NC
Date: 10.13.2024
Description: Total eclipse
Location: Wapakoneta, OH
Date: 4.8.2024
Note: Witnessed eclipse at the top of the Temple of Tolerance (see outsider art environment list)
Description: Annular eclipse
Location: Ojito Wilderness, Jemez Pueblo, NM
Date: 10.14.2023
Description: Total eclipse
Location: Huckleberry Knob, Nantahala National Forest, Cheoah, NC
Date: 8.21.2017
Note: Video.
Landscapes
Description: Beach caves
Location: Leo Carrillo State Park, Malibu, CA
Date: 2.23.2025
Note: Coastal caves only accessible during low tide
Description: La Brea Tar Pits
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Date: 2.22.2025
Description: Joshua Tree National Park
Location: Joshua Tree, CA
Date: 2.19.2025 and 2.21.2025
Description: Kaaterskill Falls
Location: Catskill Park Forest Preserve, Haines Falls, NY
Date: 7.19.2024
Description: The Loops overlook
Location: Blue Ridge Parkway, Spruce Pine, NC
Date: 6.22.2024
Description: Chestoa View overlook
Location: Blue Ridge Parkway, Marion, NC
Date: 6.22.2024
Description: Garden of the Gods
Location: Sante Fe, NM
Date: 10.16.2023
Description: Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness
Location: Bloomfield, NM
Date: 10.15.2023
Description: Ojito Wilderness
Location: Jemez Pueblo, NM
Date: 10.14.2023
Description: NM-76 (High Road to Taos)
Location: Truchas, NM
Date: 10.12.2023
Description: King Mountain
Location: Uwharrie National Forest, Troy, NC
Date: 12.29.2020
Description: Quartz boulder
Location: Uwharrie National Forest, Troy, NC
Date: 12.26.2020
Description: Wiseman's View overlook
Location: Linville Gorge Wilderness Area, Marion, NC
Date: 10.31.2020, 6.5.2021, 6.18.2021, 10.31.2021, 10.6.2022, 6.10.2023
Description: Cape Lookout National Seashore
Location: North Carolina outer banks
Date: 9.15.2017, 8.9.2019, 9.27-28.2021, 6.30 -7.1.2022, 10.12-13.2024
Historical Sites
Description: The Rock House
Location: Pinnacle, NC
Date: 12.23.2020 and 12.25.2020
Note: Video. Home of Jack and Nancy Shipp Martin, 1770-1841.
Description: Bold Moon Preserve
Location: McLeansville, NC
Date: 6.12.2020, 12.11.2020, 10.2.2021
Note: Former site of a 1980s lesbian separatist commune, based on the principles of Womyn's Land, an intentional women-only community and social movement.
Description: Old Burying Ground
Location: Beaufort, NC
Date: 9.16.2017, 9.28.2021, 8.2.2023
Note: Early-1700s cemetery, Revolutionary and Civil War graves and site of the "Little Girl Buried"
Description: Sun Ra's former residence
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: 6.4.2018
Disasters
Description: Fire at old Dixie Furniture plant
Location: Lexington, NC
Date: 12.19.2017
Note: Video.