Places GingerSnapz0 Wants to Go

The ruins of a 19th-century mill are hidden along a greenway in a prominent Charlotte neighborhood.

The remains of a 19th century cargo ship now sits in the middle of a quaint neighborhood after a century spent on the ocean floor.

Marvel at 400-year-old trees in one of the last remaining old-growth Appalachian forests.

One of the last remaining pedestrian suspension bridges in North Carolina.

The replica western town of Shadowhawk was built by a former Hollywood actor in Smithfield, North Carolina.

Visit the secret grave of a legendary privateer who faked his own death.

Saunter along the banks of one of North Carolina’s wildest rivers

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

This fallen red oak tree has been transformed into a piece of trailside art.

A ghost town that was wiped out by a flood in 1940.

Founded in 1925, this folk school attracts students from across the country and preserves traditional Appalachian art.

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

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

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

An idyllic mineral hot springs facility with a more-than checkered past.

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

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

This historic church houses the grave of a Scottish soldier who fought in the Battle of Waterloo.

This futuristic folk sculpture park sits along a peaceful stretch of rural North Carolina roadway.

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

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

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

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

Mystery surrounds a famous marshal of Napoleon's army.