Places tigernaut Wants to Go

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

Imagine playing a version of Legends of the Hidden Temple, but with a distinctly Southern Gothic flare.

Granite outcropping that the state's tourism bureau doesn't promote because of its delicate ecosystem.

Rotting dome home spotted near Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

Wander through more than 20,000 square feet filled with an amazing collection of orchids.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

In a pedestrian tunnel on North Carolina State’s campus resides an expressive and artistic free-for-all.

Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.

This natural wonderland is a unique chance to explore a Carolina bay, a mysterious geological formation of unknown origin.

A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

For more than 150 years, this cemetery has served as the final resting place for many members of Wilmington's Black community.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

The only pachinko parlor in the United States.

This handcrafted, old western-style town is filled with deserted cars, retired movie props, and other forms of Americana.

A unique solar-powered pottery studio and gallery in the desert.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.