Places astarandson Wants to Go

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

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

An elephant is carved onto the gravestone of a man who was crushed by one.

Rare videos and memorabilia await visitors inside this unique store.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

This work of folk art was produced by Gregory Warmack but the artifacts cemented in place are communal.

Visit one, or all six, of the stops on this tour of a North Carolina signature sweet.

A museum tracing the origins & modern day uses of the classic Scottish tartan, particularly the kilt.

The original location of Vollis Simpson’s Whirligigs.

This hands-on museum houses roughly 80 vintage pinball machines and arcade games.

Hundreds of fiberglass structures line the side of the road in the middle of nowhere.

This family-owned diner has been slinging chili dogs since 1940.

This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.

A permanent outdoor art installation made up of more than 100 mushroom-shaped lights.

Artisans have been gathering in North Carolina since 1989 to show off whimsical takes on an everyday item.

The fine fabric handwoven at Biltmore Industries was once coveted around the world.

The time thousands of bags of chips washed ashore in the Outer Banks is memorialized in a local museum.

This museum explores the lives of Chang and Eng, the "Original Siamese Twins."

You can find America's highest suspension footbridge at Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

In a pedestrian tunnel on North Carolina State’s campus resides an expressive and artistic free-for-all.

Traditional Appalachian dances such as the Georgia Rang Tang and the Shoo-Fly Swing are kept alive at this weekly event.