Places fnc122431 Wants to Go

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

Rotting dome home spotted near Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Wander through more than 20,000 square feet filled with an amazing collection of orchids.

The oldest church building in the state.

The original location of Vollis Simpson’s Whirligigs.

These cabins mark the site where our 11th president was born (probably).

The author's beautiful and historic home is also a fully functioning goat farm.

One of the few surviving original NASCAR dirt-track speedways.

An art instillation for the sake of "raising vibrations."

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

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

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

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

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.

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

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

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

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

An abandoned bait shop with a front lot filled with storage boxes.

The site of the notorious Camp Sumter Prison is now a peaceful memorial.

Dubbed the "smallest church in America," this tiny sanctuary was a local grocer's dream come true.

The ruins of a resort and casino sit on the banks of this blue hole spring that pumps 70,000 gallons of warm, clear water every minute.

The site where Confederate president Jefferson Davis was defeated has been marked with a bust... that leaves that part out.

The ruins of a paper mill destroyed during the Civil War still tower over a tributary of the Chattahoochee River.