Burial site more than 300 years old.

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

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

A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.

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.

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

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?

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

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

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

Formerly the most gerrymandered district in the U.S., it twisted and turned along racial borders.

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

The time thousands of bags of chips washed ashore in the Outer Banks is memorialized in a local museum.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

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

This historic sunny-yellow building has an unfortunate connection to the sinking of the Titanic.

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

A nourishing complex of found object art, paintings, and sculptures that celebrate key figures in Black history.

Don't be surprised if you see a long-necked dinosaur peeking out from among the trees in Northgate Park.

A museum celebrating rare American motorcycles where everything runs—and none of it quietly.

The oldest church building in the state.

A 30-foot-tall cement chair pays tribute to a historic design and a local industry.