In this supersized episode, host Jeremy Markovich goes looking for Charlotte's original gold mines, and then gets inside a vault that's full of billions of dollars to understand how North Carolina's biggest city ended up being the place where the state stores its money.

• Read more about Hugh McColl in this Our State magazine profile.
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Music in this episode:

• "Gold Standard" by Supastition (Charlotte)
• "Got To Go" by Boulevards (Raleigh)