Most People In North Carolina Don’t Know About Our Old German POW Camp

Some interesting secrets can be found hiding in the past in the Tar Heel State. Some of those secrets are just plain bizarre or weird, like the seven found in this article. Others, are just… well, random. For instance, the story of how a North Carolina four-star resort built for the richest of the rich in America was turned into a German POW camp during WWI.

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If you’d like to visit the site of the old German POW camp, it’s located at the present day Hot Springs Resort & Spa. Get more information on their official website.