Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

Visitors come from all over to bring gifts and tokens to the grave of Alice, who is thought to have died of a broken heart.

Hop on the train and tour an elaborate miniature town made completely of junk (including the train).

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

This small museum dedicated to the painful memory of segregation is essentially a time capsule.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

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

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

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.

Granite outcropping that the state's tourism bureau doesn't promote because of its delicate ecosystem.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.

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

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

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

An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

Rotting dome home spotted near Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

Almost half-way between the Equator and North Pole.