This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

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

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

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

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

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

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.

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

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

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

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

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

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

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

Mystery surrounds a famous marshal of Napoleon's army.

Amazing pre-Civil War ruins alongside a shallow, rocky river that hosts beautiful (but endangered) lilies.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

Formerly the most gerrymandered district in the U.S., it twisted and turned along racial borders.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

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