This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.

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

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

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

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

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

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

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

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

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

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

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

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

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