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Burial site more than 300 years old.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

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

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

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

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.

The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.

The wooden house where the jazz great learned to play the piano.

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

Follow the path behind this treat-slinging camper van to a sculpture garden in the forest.

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

The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

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

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.

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.

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

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.