Places Dangmustangg Wants to Go

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

This abandoned school has had many lives since the early 1900s, and all of them doomed.

This former fire tower is now a rustic observatory that offers amazing views of eagles, hawks, and the Appalachian Mountains.

The only zoo where you can buy animals that won't need feeding.

The world's largest set of the ten commandments lay nestled in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains.

An eerie site of reverence for those who have completed an epic journey.

A whimsical folk art environment where you can lose yourself in the many colors of joy, beauty, and creativity.

One man’s religious convictions led him to build this stone castle meant to withstand an apocalypse.

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

This 19th-century building inadvertently preserved the handprints of its builders within its walls.

Visit the art studio of an early 20th-century painter, hidden amid the Great Smoky Mountains.

Rare videos and memorabilia await visitors inside this unique store.

This historic church houses the grave of a Scottish soldier who fought in the Battle of Waterloo.

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

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

This site in Caldwell County is the location where the Cherokee and Catawba are said to have entered a peace treaty.

An idyllic mineral hot springs facility with a more-than checkered past.

A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.