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

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

Wander through more than 20,000 square feet filled with an amazing collection of orchids.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

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

This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.

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

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

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

An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.

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

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

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.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

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

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

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

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

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

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

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.