Places exploringwithesch Wants to Go

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

Rural churches in the middle of nowhere with religious frescoes by famous artist.

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

From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.

The world's largest vertical wind tunnel.

A monument to the sheer amount of oddities one can collect over a lifetime.

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

Mystery surrounds a famous marshal of Napoleon's army.

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

Burial site more than 300 years old.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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