The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.

A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.

This sky-high radio mast is formerly the tallest man-made structure in the world.

Annual convention held by the largest pyrotechnic community in the world.

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

This colonial cabin is the oldest building in High Point, built by one of the first settlers in the area.

This small exhibit explores the lives of Chang and Eng, the first known conjoined twins.

Carrying on the legacy of a short-lived experimental school tucked away in the mountains of North Carolina.

This futuristic folk sculpture park sits along a peaceful stretch of rural North Carolina roadway.

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

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

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

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

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

Yo, Adrian!

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

Taxidermy, Cigar Store Indians, A Model of a New York Tenement and Delicious Draft Root Beer.

Symbolic attempt to overcome the issues of life.

The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.