The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

The humble gravesite of the man who failed to cash in on his Pepsi-cola goldmine.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

An art instillation for the sake of "raising vibrations."

The world's largest set of the ten commandments lay nestled in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.

The world's largest vertical wind tunnel.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

Burial site more than 300 years old.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

Mystery surrounds a famous marshal of Napoleon's army.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

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

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

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.

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

Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.

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

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

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

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

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