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

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

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

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

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

This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.

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

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

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

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

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

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

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

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

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

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

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

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

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