Southern Pines, North Carolina
Creation Museum, Taxidermy Hall of Fame, and Antique Tool Museum
A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.
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Southern Pines, North Carolina
A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.
Raleigh, North Carolina
Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.
Sanford, North Carolina
An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.
Concord, North Carolina
The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.
Supply, North Carolina
Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.
Charlotte, North Carolina
This scented city oasis was a labor of love.
Wilmington, North Carolina
A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.
Greensboro, North Carolina
Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.
Wilmington, North Carolina
Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.
Wilson, North Carolina
A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.
Rougemont, North Carolina
A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.
Hildebran, North Carolina
An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.
Littleton, North Carolina
Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.
Hendersonville, North Carolina
These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.
Napa, California
The largest drain hole in the world.
Kapa'a, Hawaii
This narrow coastline trail through the dense Kauai wilderness is among the most beautiful and dangerous in the world.
Wahiawa, Hawaii
This ancient Hawaiian henge may have been an early star chart.
Kaumakani, Hawaii
A Japanese pilot crash-landed on this Hawaiian island after the Pearl Harbor attack and terrorized locals for a week.
Koloa, Hawaii
A prehistoric landscape hidden in the cliffs of Maha'ulepu.
Koloa, Hawaii
This blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.
Eleele, Hawaii
This industrial area was the dumping ground for massive amounts of trash, some of which washes up as tiny bits of sea glass.
Kilauea, Hawaii
Submerged lava formations create incredible waterworks.
Kapa'a, Hawaii
This former luxury resort in Kaua'i is now an abandoned relic.
Kilauea, Hawaii
A once-glowing grotto at the bottom of Waikapalae Wet Cave.