This Cold War missile launch site has been abandoned for 40 years.

The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.

One of the smallest towns in the United States.

Miraculous tree that seems to sprout out of solid rock.

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

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

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

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

This small memorial is almost as well concealed as Smalls himself was on the night he sailed to freedom.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

This colonial cabin is the oldest building in High Point, built by one of the first settlers in the area.

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

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.

This ancient Hawaiian henge may have been an early star chart.

Race through the maze, get your name on the sign.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

This mom-and-pop Japanese sweets shop has been serving cloud-light mochi for almost a century.

During the solar phenomenon "Lahaina Noon" this bendy, curvy sculpture forms a perfectly circular shadow on the ground.

This WWII plane died a quiet death, and is now a garden eel playground.