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

The world's largest vertical wind tunnel.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

A giant cement churn carries the legacy of American resilience, unity, and greed.

Eighteenth century house of the mysterious "Father of Raleigh."

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.

During World War II, blimps were a key part of the United States' defense against German U-boats—this building could house a dozen of the armed airships.

This sweet Southern elixir comes from what may be the oldest grape vine in North America.

A young state senator's deathbed plea to be buried inside a rock resulted in this unusual grave site.

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

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

A sign marks the plane crash that caused two nuclear bombs to fall in North Carolina.

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

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

This handcrafted, old western-style town is filled with deserted cars, retired movie props, and other forms of Americana.

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

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

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

The only pachinko parlor in the United States.

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