A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

This winding road of 318 curves is a must-visit for (careful) motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts.

The world's largest vertical wind tunnel.

A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

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

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

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

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

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

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

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

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

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