Durham, North Carolina
Bennett Place
The scene of the largest surrender of Confederate troops at the end of the American Civil War.
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Durham, North Carolina
The scene of the largest surrender of Confederate troops at the end of the American Civil War.
Durham, North Carolina
Don't be surprised if you see a long-necked dinosaur peeking out from among the trees in Northgate Park.
Durham, North Carolina
The humble horn finally finds a place in the sun.
Durham, North Carolina
This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.
Durham, North Carolina
Born from segregation and exclusion, Durham’s Black Wall Street is now a living reminder of the city’s past
Raleigh, North Carolina
A giant concrete churn carries the legacy of American resilience, unity, and greed.
Raleigh, North Carolina
This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.
Cameron, West Virginia
The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.
Somerset, Kentucky
The collection of a paranormal investigator who traveled the country collecting haunted items and stories.
Bangor, Maine
The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.
Littleton, North Carolina
Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.
Durham, North Carolina
This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.
Morrisville, North Carolina
Between 1930 and 1946, a tobacco farmer laid his beloved horses and mules to rest in this small patch of pine forest.
Raleigh, North Carolina
This fallen red oak tree has been transformed into a piece of trailside art.
Raleigh, North Carolina
This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.
Raleigh, North Carolina
In a pedestrian tunnel on North Carolina State’s campus resides an expressive and artistic free-for-all.
Raleigh, North Carolina
A mini-Stonehenge in the corner of the North Carolina state capitol grounds.
Troy, Michigan
This monument commemorates the only American soldiers to have directly fought Russians during World War I.
Mount Clemens, Michigan
A museum dedicated to the dead and the tools used to usher them into the afterlife.
Dearborn, Michigan
A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.
Detroit, Michigan
A painted-over wall in Detroit originally built to segregate a black community from an adjacent white development.
Dearborn, Michigan
The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.
Detroit, Michigan
Standing guard on top of an old, vacant ice cream shop.
Hamtramck, Michigan
A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.