This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

Cherokee alphabet, proof of ancient North American Jews, or just a hoax?

This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.

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

North Carolina's only restored fort from the French and Indian War.

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

A historic dam made famous for its turbines and feature in a Hollywood classic.

Wander through more than 20,000 square feet filled with an amazing collection of orchids.

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

This multi-story wooden waterpark offers homemade thrills.

The perfect place to take a family of giants for a beach vacation.

The scene of the largest surrender of Confederate troops at the end of the American Civil War.

From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

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

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

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

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

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

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

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie The Fugitive can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

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

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.