Here's an interesting question from Paul Oliva on Facebook. He wants to know, is the giant Dixie Cup real or just an urban legend?

Oh Paul, it's definitely real! The Dixie Cup water tower was built back in nineteen fifty-eight when the Dixie Cup Corporation moved to Lexington. You can see it from almost all over the city, but it's best viewed from the corner of Mercer and Harbison Roads. It's on the property of what was once the Dixie Cup plant, though Georgia-Pacific took over the company years ago.

So you can actually go see this thing? I mean, it's not just some local tall tale?

Absolutely! You can't get right up to it because the property is closed to passersby, but you can definitely get close enough to take pictures. What's really interesting is the city actually refused to let Georgia-Pacific remove it because the airport uses the giant Dixie Cup as a navigation reference point. So even though the company changed hands, that iconic water tower is staying put.

That's wild that pilots are literally navigating by a giant paper cup. How big are we talking here?

It's actually a functioning water tower that just happens to look like an oversized Dixie Cup. From what I understand, it's the only giant Dixie Cup water tower left that still has the actual "Dixie Cup" branding on it. There are other giant cup-shaped structures around the country, but ours is special that way. It's become quite the roadside attraction for people passing through town.

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