Places thedude771 Wants to Go

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

More than five miles of underground passageways.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

A Victorian mansion, painstakingly reproduced to appear just as the the Munster's family home did on TV.

This naturally-sourced hot spring is now home to a clothing-optional resort.

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.