A monument to the sheer amount of oddities one can collect over a lifetime.

The world's largest vertical wind tunnel.

A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.

Mystery surrounds a famous marshal of Napoleon's army.

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

The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.

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

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

Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.

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

This North Carolina grave is the final resting place of the world's most famous conjoined twins.

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

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

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

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

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

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

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

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

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