Places exploringwithesch Wants to Go

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

This mansion turned restaurant was once a pitstop for Al Capone during his travels.

For decades these polar bears have roamed all around a Nashville neighborhood.