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From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

Mystery surrounds a famous marshal of Napoleon's army.

A monument to the sheer amount of oddities one can collect over a lifetime.

Hidden amid a collection of trails is the site of a tragic crash.

This handcrafted, old western-style town is filled with deserted cars, retired movie props, and other forms of Americana.

A historic dam made famous for its turbines and feature in a Hollywood classic.

Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were stars of the vaudeville circuit.

This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.

Follow the path behind this treat-slinging camper van to a sculpture garden in the forest.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.

The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

Burial site more than 300 years old.

This North Carolina grave is the final resting place of the world's most famous conjoined twins.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.

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

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.

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