Places jparks1312 Wants to Go

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

An exotic reptile facility showcasing some of the rarest, most venomous snakes in the world.

This historic Art Nouveau mansion has guided tours and impressive views of the Currituck Sound.

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

An Outer Banks museum devoted to the thousands of shipwrecks resting off North Carolina’s coast.

Amazing collection of over 2,000 live birds from around the world, many of which are rare or endangered.

Below this enormous headstone lie Billy and Benny McCrary, better known as the "McGuire Twins."

This centuries-old graveyard is the final resting place of the Fort Fisher Hermit.

The replica western town of Shadowhawk was built by a former Hollywood actor in Smithfield, North Carolina.

A museum dedicated to a unique ecosystem.

Visit the secret grave of a legendary privateer who faked his own death.

An eclectic store sells obscure vinyl recordings of Charles Manson and Jim Jones, along with many other oddities.

Cherokee alphabet, proof of ancient North American Jews, or just a hoax?

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

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

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

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

The wooden house where the jazz great learned to play the piano.

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

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

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.