You'll Relish A Visit To The Most Famous Street Corner In All Of North Carolina at Mt Olive Pickles

The Tar Heel State has plenty of famous landmarks. Pilot Mountain, The Biltmore, and the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse are a few of the most well known. But there’s another landmark that everyone in America should recognize.

The best pickles in the country are grown and packaged right here in North Carolina. This will come as no surprise to native North Carolinians...

... but have you actually *been* to the corner of Cucumber and Vine at the Mt. Olive Pickle Company? If not, then it's an experience everyone in the family will relish.

Cucumber and Vine is ground zero for the making of 80 different flavors of pickles. Ask any North Carolinian what pickles are the best, and you'll always get "Mt. Olive" as an answer.

Cucumber and Vine is more than just a street corner and landmark on the must-visit list of places to be photographed.

Each year on New Years Eve, pickle lovers everywhere flock to this corner to celebrate the stroke of midnight with the only giant pickle drop in the country. Scores of Mt Olive Pickle enthusiasts stand out in the cold anxiously awaiting the moment when the giant illuminated pickle will drop into the barrel, signaling the start of the new year.

When it's your go-time to visit Cucumber and Vine, be sure to see if the Gift Shop is open.

Inside, you'll find t-shirts, and Mt. Olive gifts and keepsakes every pickle lover will relish.

Have you already been to the corner of Cucumber and Vine? We'd love to see your photos in our Facebook comments!

The Mt. Olive Pickle campus is located in the heart of Mount Olive, North Carolina. The famous corner seen on 18-wheelers all over the country is found on One Cucumber Blvd. at the intersection of Vine Street. For more information, see this page on the official website.

(As a mere point of reference, the corner of Cucumber and Vine is located approximately 65 miles southeast of Raleigh, 50 miles northeast of Fayetteville, 200 miles east of Charlotte, and 80 miles north of Wilmington.)

For more hidden must-see places in North Carolina, keep reading here!

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You'll Relish A Visit To The Most Famous Street Corner In All Of North Carolina

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