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

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

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

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

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

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

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

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.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie The Fugitive can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

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

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

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

Follow the path behind this treat-slinging camper van to a sculpture garden in the forest.