The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

The capital of the Cayman Islands is a center of offshore banking, but gets battered by blistering hurricanes.

Send a postcard while vacationing with Satan.

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

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

The birthplace of a tobacco empire.

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

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

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

A sign marks the plane crash that caused two nuclear bombs to fall in North Carolina.

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

The scene of the largest surrender of Confederate troops at the end of the American Civil War.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

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