Nags Head, North Carolina
Jockey's Ridge
This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.
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Nags Head, North Carolina
This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.
Mount Airy, North Carolina
This North Carolina grave is the final resting place of the world's most famous conjoined twins.
Tryon, North Carolina
The wooden house where the jazz great learned to play the piano.
Supply, North Carolina
Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.
Beaufort, North Carolina
Burial site more than 300 years old.
Asheville, North Carolina
A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.
Davidson, North Carolina
The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.
Pittsboro, North Carolina
A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.
Ocracoke, North Carolina
A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.
Rose Hill, North Carolina
The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.
Mount Airy, North Carolina
Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.
Mount Gilead, North Carolina
This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.
Manteo, North Carolina
Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.
Morrisville, North Carolina
Wander through more than 20,000 square feet filled with an amazing collection of orchids.
High Point, North Carolina
A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.
Sanford, North Carolina
An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.
Cameron, North Carolina
The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.
Charlotte, North Carolina
These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.
Southport, North Carolina
This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.
Frisco, North Carolina
The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks. .
Waxhaw, North Carolina
Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.
Sanford, North Carolina
Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.
Bird Island, North Carolina
A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.
Charlotte, North Carolina
This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.