Monuments in North Carolina

A 30-foot-tall cement chair pays tribute to a historic design and a local industry.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

This metal disk commemorates the birth of a historic American holiday.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

A young state senator's deathbed plea to be buried inside a rock resulted in this unusual grave site.

The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

Mystery surrounds a famous marshal of Napoleon's army.

The world's largest set of the ten commandments lay nestled in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains.

The perfect place to take a family of giants for a beach vacation.

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.