New Bern, North Carolina
Pepsi Inventor Caleb Bradham's Grave
The humble gravesite of the man who failed to cash in on his Pepsi-cola goldmine.
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New Bern, North Carolina
The humble gravesite of the man who failed to cash in on his Pepsi-cola goldmine.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.
Poplar Branch, North Carolina
The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.
Belhaven, North Carolina
A monument to the sheer amount of oddities one can collect over a lifetime.
Beaufort, North Carolina
Burial site more than 300 years old.
Rose Hill, North Carolina
The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.
Corolla, North Carolina
Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.
Mount Airy, North Carolina
This North Carolina grave is the final resting place of the world's most famous conjoined twins.
Sanford, North Carolina
An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.
Sanford, North Carolina
Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.
Wilmington, North Carolina
A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.
Kernersville, North Carolina
Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.
Bear Creek, North Carolina
A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.
Rougemont, North Carolina
A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.
Beech Mountain, North Carolina
A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.
Littleton, North Carolina
Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.
Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
The final resting place of the Seminole Indian chief who fought against government occupation in Florida.
North Charleston, South Carolina
This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.
Orlando, Florida
Hundreds of skulls and bones at the largest skeleton museum in the country.
Winter Park, Florida
Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.
St. Augustine, Florida
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
Pensacola, Florida
This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.
Ormond Beach, Florida
The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.