A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

One person's lost luggage is another person's treasure.

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

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

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

The wooden house where the jazz great learned to play the piano.

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

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

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

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

The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

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

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

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

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

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

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

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

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.