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Claremont, North Carolina
The Bunker Hill Covered Bridge
A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.
35.7215, -81.1153
Washington, D.C.
Maine Avenue Fish Market
The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.
38.8810, -77.0283
Roanoke, Virginia
Miniature Graceland
An overgrown collection of miniature buildings still stand as evidence of one couple's obsession with The King.
37.2569, -79.9338
Greensboro, North Carolina
Site of the Woolworth Lunch Counter Sit-in
This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.
36.0717, -79.7907
Greensboro, North Carolina
Elsewhere Collaborative
Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.
36.0657, -79.7911
Wilmington, North Carolina
Museum of the Bizarre
A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.
34.2326, -77.9490
Tryon, North Carolina
Nina Simone's Childhood Home
The wooden house where the jazz great learned to play the piano.
35.2139, -82.2322
Raleigh, North Carolina
Cloud Chamber for the Trees and Sky
This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.
35.8061, -78.6990
Sweetwater, Tennessee
Lost Sea
Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.
35.5349, -84.4320
Columbia, South Carolina
Ra Obelisk
An old train trestle re-imagined as an Egyptian obelisk.
33.9849, -81.0314
Columbia, South Carolina
Busted Plug Plaza
The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.
34.0075, -81.0327
Columbia, South Carolina
Neverbust Chain
This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.
34.0056, -81.0350
Columbia, South Carolina
Tunnelvision
This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.
34.0072, -81.0325
Lucca, Italy
The Incorruptible St. Zita
The naturally mummified body of a peasant girl saint.
43.8461, 10.5050
Gaffney, South Carolina
Gaffney Peachoid
The record holder for the world’s largest peach.
35.0953, -81.6859
Brevard, North Carolina
Brevard White Squirrels
This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.
35.2334, -82.7343
Beaufort, South Carolina
Kazoobie Kazoo Museum
This museum gives tribute to the underappreciated "Down-South Submarine."
32.4347, -80.7202
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