Places goalkeep4ever Wants to Go

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

This winding road of 318 curves is a must-visit for (careful) motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

The world's largest vertical wind tunnel.

Mystery surrounds a famous marshal of Napoleon's army.

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

This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

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

Burial site more than 300 years old.

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

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

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

Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

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

This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

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

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

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