Eighteenth century house of the mysterious "Father of Raleigh."

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

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

The fine fabric handwoven at Biltmore Industries was once coveted around the world.

Carrying on the legacy of a short-lived experimental school tucked away in the mountains of North Carolina.

A young state senator's deathbed plea to be buried inside a rock resulted in this unusual grave site.

The humble horn finally finds a place in the sun.

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

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

Mystery surrounds a famous marshal of Napoleon's army.

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

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

A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.

Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were stars of the vaudeville circuit.

A nourishing complex of found object art, paintings, and sculptures that celebrate key figures in Black history.

Traditional Appalachian dances such as the Georgia Rang Tang and the Shoo-Fly Swing are kept alive at this weekly event.

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.

Burial site more than 300 years old.

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

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

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

Follow the path behind this treat-slinging camper van to a sculpture garden in the forest.

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