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

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

The wooden house where the jazz great learned to play the piano.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

Follow the path behind this treat-slinging camper van to a sculpture garden in the forest.

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

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

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

This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.

A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

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

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

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

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.

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

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

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.

These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.