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A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

During World War II, blimps were a key part of the United States' defense against German U-boats—this building could house a dozen of the armed airships.

This pre-Revolutionary War grist mill ground corn and flour for soldiers in seven American wars.

Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.

A cave on the Maryland border where civilians took refuge during the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

The pop art icon's gravesite is broadcast 24 hours a day on his museum's website.

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

This steam locomotive served as both an interesting static display and unique playground equipment since 1959.

The ruins of a 19th-century mill are hidden along a greenway in a prominent Charlotte neighborhood.

Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were stars of the vaudeville circuit.

North Carolina's only restored fort from the French and Indian War.

The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.

One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

A quiet cemetery in northeastern North Carolina holds tiny structures believed to protect spirits.

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

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

This fallen red oak tree has been transformed into a piece of trailside art.

Between 1930 and 1946, a tobacco farmer laid his beloved horses and mules to rest in this small patch of pine forest.

Don't be surprised if you see a long-necked dinosaur peeking out from among the trees in Northgate Park.

The scene of the largest surrender of Confederate troops at the end of the American Civil War.

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

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

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

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