Places sheinsis Wants to Go

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

From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.

The world's largest vertical wind tunnel.

A monument to the sheer amount of oddities one can collect over a lifetime.

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

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

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

Burial site more than 300 years old.

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

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

Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.

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

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

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

The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.

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

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

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

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

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

The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.

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

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.