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

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

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

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

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

This sweet Southern elixir comes from what may be the oldest grape vine in North America.

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

This family-run joint has been going whole hog for nearly 100 years.

Amazing collection of over 2,000 live birds from around the world, many of which are rare or endangered.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

A 30-foot-tall cement chair pays tribute to a historic design and a local industry.

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

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

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

The partial realization of a utopian proposal to build a master planned community primarily by and for Black Americans.

The replica western town of Shadowhawk was built by a former Hollywood actor in Smithfield, North Carolina.

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

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

A lovingly created and maintained collection of decorative gourd art.

One of the few surviving original NASCAR dirt-track speedways.

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

A young state senator's deathbed plea to be buried inside a rock resulted in this unusual grave site.

Don't be surprised if you see a long-necked dinosaur peeking out from among the trees in Northgate Park.

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.