Places Charles WV Wants to Go

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

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

Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.

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

A ghost town that was wiped out by a flood in 1940.

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

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

The ruins of a 19th-century mill are hidden along a greenway in a prominent Charlotte neighborhood.

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

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

North Carolina's only restored fort from the French and Indian War.

The last refinements in the North Carolina-South Carolina boundary were marked with this stone.

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

The first documented commercial gold find in the United States.

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

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.

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

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

A museum dedicated to a unique ecosystem.

The oldest church building in the state.

A monument to the sheer amount of oddities one can collect over a lifetime.