The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

The only remaining historic maritime signal station in the United States.

Its unique collection details the history of the state's svelte railroads.

Explore the dark underground corridors of this graffiti-covered former military fortification.

The world's only and thus largest collection of its kind celebrates everyday wonder through simple umbrella sheaths.

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

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

Ruins of an old sugar mill sitting quietly next to a park in rural Florida.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

A handful of beehive kilns are all that’s left of a historic brick-making empire.

An old train trestle re-imagined as an Egyptian obelisk.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

This monument claims to display the first pot used to cook a famed Southern stew.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

This monument is dedicated to those lost on June 6, 1944, in the town with that day’s highest per-capita casualty rate.

The time thousands of bags of chips washed ashore in the Outer Banks is memorialized in a local museum.

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