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A section of this cemetery is dedicated to the lives lost from years of exposure to contaminated water.

The birthplace of a tobacco empire.

A lovingly created and maintained collection of decorative gourd art.

An Outer Banks museum devoted to the thousands of shipwrecks resting off North Carolina’s coast.

One of the few remaining railroad turntables is hidden near downtown Raleigh.

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

These tree-filled acres are also filled with history, hiking and a celebration of Appalachian crafts.

Home to the first child born to English colonists in North America, this colony mysteriously disappeared while waiting for supplies.

An elephant is carved onto the gravestone of a man who was crushed by one.

The remains of a 19th century cargo ship now sits in the middle of a quaint neighborhood after a century spent on the ocean floor.

Marvel at 400-year-old trees in one of the last remaining old-growth Appalachian forests.

This lake—the second largest in the state— was hiding historic treasures beneath its surface.

One of the last remaining pedestrian suspension bridges in North Carolina.

This hands-on museum houses roughly 80 vintage pinball machines and arcade games.

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

A different Edgar Allan Poe built this charming Victorian home.

A vast collection of everyday items amassed by one man.

Saunter along the banks of one of North Carolina’s wildest rivers

The upstairs museum delves into the Lawson family murder, whose eight victims were embalmed at this store in 1929.

A year-long seasonal produce clock highlighting a variety of fruits and vegetables from across the Piedmont region.

Inside this old train depot resides a multi-line model train covering western North Carolina.

A ghost town that was wiped out by a flood in 1940.

Founded in 1925, this folk school attracts students from across the country and preserves traditional Appalachian art.

This sinkhole is disguised as a pond and named after the man who stumbled upon it.