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

Burial site more than 300 years old.

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

A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.

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

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.

This metal disk commemorates the birth of a historic American holiday.

This small beachside park commemorates the possibilities of discovery.

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.

This aluminum airplane pays homage to the Flying Tigers of World War II.

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

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

This small exhibit explores the lives of Chang and Eng, the first known conjoined twins.

Mystery surrounds a famous marshal of Napoleon's army.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

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

Grave of the man allegedly responsible for a series of infamous murders in Boston in the 1960s.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.