Places Bangalf Wants to Go

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

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

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

A museum dedicated to antique toys, collectibles, and nostalgia.

The world’s largest stone statue of Luther looms over a North Carolina campus.

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

The partial realization of a utopian proposal to build a master planned community primarily by and for Black Americans.

Chef Ashleigh Shanti serves up a classic Appalachian fish fry.

An idyllic mineral hot springs facility with a more-than checkered past.

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

One of the few surviving original NASCAR dirt-track speedways.

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

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

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

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

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

One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

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.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

After 11 years of reconstruction work, Slovakia's finest hilltop chapel complex is finally reopen to the public.