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

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

One of the few surviving original NASCAR dirt-track speedways.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

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

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

The perfect place to take a family of giants for a beach vacation.

This airfield is home to a number of retired vintage planes in various states of disrepair.

A giant cat slowly prowls the parking lot of Zebulon's car dealerships.

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

The world's largest vertical wind tunnel.

A historic dam made famous for its turbines and feature in a Hollywood classic.

Traditional Appalachian dances such as the Georgia Rang Tang and the Shoo-Fly Swing are kept alive at this weekly event.

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

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

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

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

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.

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

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

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

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

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