Places exploringwithesch Wants to Go

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

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

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

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

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

A museum dedicated to the legacy of Bob Moog and his pioneering synthesizers.

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

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

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

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

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

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

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

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

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

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

A sign marks the plane crash that caused two nuclear bombs to fall in North Carolina.

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

A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.

This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

This multi-story wooden waterpark offers homemade thrills.