Places abbyekik Wants to Go

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

Amazing pre-Civil War ruins alongside a shallow, rocky river that hosts beautiful (but endangered) lilies.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

Granite outcropping that the state's tourism bureau doesn't promote because of its delicate ecosystem.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.

Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.

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

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.