Mount Airy, North Carolina
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Follow the path behind this treat-slinging camper van to a sculpture garden in the forest.
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Mount Airy, North Carolina
Follow the path behind this treat-slinging camper van to a sculpture garden in the forest.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.
Southport, North Carolina
This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.
Bird Island, North Carolina
A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.
Asheville, North Carolina
A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.
Asheville, North Carolina
The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.
Greensboro, North Carolina
Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.
Asheville, North Carolina
This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.
Wilson, North Carolina
A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.
Collettsville, North Carolina
A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.
Québec City, Québec
Concrete pillars provide a beautiful canvas for Quebec City's graffiti artists.
Montreal, Québec
The only example of a Paris Métro sign in use at a subway station outside of the French capital.
Blacksburg, South Carolina
A royal relic from the time that gambling was accidentally made legal in South Carolina.
Landrum, South Carolina
Replica of an old Esso filling station, complete with Wayne gravity pump and outhouse.
Charleston, South Carolina
Dental instruments from the illustrious history of American dentistry.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
This small museum dedicated to the painful memory of segregation is essentially a time capsule.
Columbia, South Carolina
This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.
Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina
The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.
North Charleston, South Carolina
This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.
Columbia, South Carolina
This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.
Hartsville, South Carolina
The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.
Bowman, South Carolina
This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.
Kyiv, Ukraine
A Kyiv-based repository for all manners of discarded curiosities.
Midland, North Carolina
The first documented commercial gold find in the United States.