Poplar Branch, North Carolina
Grave Digger's Dungeon
The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.
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Poplar Branch, North Carolina
The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.
Belhaven, North Carolina
A monument to the sheer amount of oddities one can collect over a lifetime.
Robbinsville, North Carolina
A historic dam made famous for its turbines and feature in a Hollywood classic.
Swannanoa, North Carolina
Traditional Appalachian dances such as the Georgia Rang Tang and the Shoo-Fly Swing are kept alive at this weekly event.
Cashiers, North Carolina
This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.
Lake Lure, North Carolina
Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.
Cherokee, North Carolina
Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.
Badin, North Carolina
The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.
Beaufort, North Carolina
Burial site more than 300 years old.
Davidson, North Carolina
The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.
Tryon, North Carolina
The wooden house where the jazz great learned to play the piano.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.
Ocracoke, North Carolina
A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.
Corolla, North Carolina
Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.
Pittsboro, North Carolina
A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.
Mount Gilead, North Carolina
This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.
Sanford, North Carolina
An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.
Cherokee, North Carolina
Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.
Southport, North Carolina
This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.
Columbia, South Carolina
One of few remaining marionette theatres in the United States that still conducts regular shows.
Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
Take a stroll through this centuries-old tunnel of enormous moss-hung evergreens, nestled among the grounds of America’s first public sculpture garden.
Chester, South Carolina
This historic museum is home to a rare Confederate Chester Gun.
Folly Beach, South Carolina
Twenty-eight years after this local landmark was washed ashore by hurricane Hugo, it was washed away by hurricane Irma.
Walterboro, South Carolina
This South Carolina water tower is an icon of the city of Walterboro, but it also once served as the county jail.