Places kitrey Wants to Go

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

An exotic reptile facility showcasing some of the rarest, most venomous snakes in the world.

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

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

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

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

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

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

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

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

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

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

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

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

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

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

A brass plaque dedicated to a convicted cannibal hangs in the National Press Club, and that's not even the craziest part of the story.

Senators used to relax in the nearly forgotten marble tubs now hidden in the U.S. Capitol Building's basement.