The time thousands of bags of chips washed ashore in the Outer Banks is memorialized in a local museum.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

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

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

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

One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

While knives are the main feature in this store, visitors will also find dinosaur bones and meteorites.

The 10th-tallest pyramid in the world, this former sports arena is now home to a massive Bass Pro Shops store.

An ode to "The Queen of Appalachia."

This Tennessee museum is dedicated to a tragic railroad hero who inspired the famous ballad that bears his name.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

An unexpected but incredible collection of wildlife dioramas spanning rainforests, swamps, forests, and plains.

A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.

The only brothel on the National Register of Historic Places.

An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."

This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

Stories of sightless fish and ghostly cowboys are only a fraction of the legends surrounding this Kansas sinkhole.

Three bronze beauty queens welcome you to “Miss America University.”

A small section of native wilderness on a university campus