All Places in North Carolina

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

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

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.