Places bluestargirl Wants to Go

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

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

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.

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

A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.

A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.

These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

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.

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

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

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

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

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

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

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.