This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.

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

A 30-foot-tall cement chair pays tribute to a historic design and a local industry.

This stone statue inspired Thomas Wolfe’s 1929 novel 'Look Homeward, Angel.'

A facility built in 1992 for an underground nuclear test remains in place today.

This monument is dedicated to those lost on June 6, 1944, in the town with that day’s highest per-capita casualty rate.

Dozens of elegant ceramic tiles decorate these ancient walls, each displaying the Lord's Prayer in a different language.

The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in the ruins of this ancient monastic community.

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

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

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

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

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

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

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

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

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

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

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.