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

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

A young state senator's deathbed plea to be buried inside a rock resulted in this unusual grave site.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

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

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

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

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

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

Amazing pre-Civil War ruins alongside a shallow, rocky river that hosts beautiful (but endangered) lilies.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.