Places cogabrielson Wants to Go

The author's beautiful and historic home is also a fully functioning goat farm.

These cabins mark the site where our 11th president was born (probably).

A year-long seasonal produce clock highlighting a variety of fruits and vegetables from across the Piedmont region.

This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.

The upstairs museum delves into the Lawson family murder, whose eight victims were embalmed at this store in 1929.

Between 1930 and 1946, a tobacco farmer laid his beloved horses and mules to rest in this small patch of pine forest.

A museum dedicated to an incredible woman who founded a pioneering school for rural Black students.

This historic sunny-yellow building has an unfortunate connection to the sinking of the Titanic.

An early life spent in this "Old Kentucky Home" inspired the writings of North Carolina's most famous novelist.

The humble gravesite of the man who failed to cash in on his Pepsi-cola goldmine.

This metal disk commemorates the birth of a historic American holiday.

Founded in 1925, this folk school attracts students from across the country and preserves traditional Appalachian art.

Eighteenth century house of the mysterious "Father of Raleigh."

This sinkhole is disguised as a pond and named after the man who stumbled upon it.

This colonial cabin is the oldest building in High Point, built by one of the first settlers in the area.

A giant cat slowly prowls the parking lot of Zebulon's car dealerships.

Cherokee alphabet, proof of ancient North American Jews, or just a hoax?

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

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

Artisans have been gathering in North Carolina since 1989 to show off whimsical takes on an everyday item.

The fine fabric handwoven at Biltmore Industries was once coveted around the world.

The time thousands of bags of chips washed ashore in the Outer Banks is memorialized in a local museum.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

A giant concrete churn carries the legacy of American resilience, unity, and greed.