For more than 150 years, this cemetery has served as the final resting place for many members of Wilmington's Black community.

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

The only pachinko parlor in the United States.

This centuries-old graveyard is the final resting place of the Fort Fisher Hermit.

Hundreds of fiberglass structures line the side of the road in the middle of nowhere.

This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.

A 10-foot segment of the concrete barrier stands quietly on the campus.

This hillside mushroom farm shares land with a Buddhist monastery.

A 19th-century mill complex once powered by three waterways still leaves visible traces in the woods.

This historic, century-old theater is still in operation.

An impressive collection is dedicated to the legendary beast.

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

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

A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.

Sculptor Vadim Bora's bronze felines pay playful homage to architectural features no longer extant along Asheville's Wall Street.

Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.

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

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

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

A collection of abstract sculptures by a former tobacco auctioneer turned outsider artist.

The woman whose immortal cell line continues to shape scientific research was buried near her birthplace in a grave that was left unmarked for nearly 60 years.

The house where Lincoln drafted the Emancipation Proclamation.

National Mall monument to the inventor of the screw propeller.

A centuries-old stone pagoda from Japan stands among cherry trees beside the National Mall Tidal Basin.