This multi-story wooden waterpark offers homemade thrills.

One of the oldest Black communities in western North Carolina and one of the largest Black Mennonite congregations in the country.

An idyllic mineral hot springs facility with a more-than checkered past.

A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.

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

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

In a pedestrian tunnel on North Carolina State’s campus resides an expressive and artistic free-for-all.

This ancient art form was used to capture the lives and struggles of the Haywood Street ministry.

A museum dedicated to an incredible woman who founded a pioneering school for rural Black students.

An art instillation for the sake of "raising vibrations."

Colorful murals stationed throughout Charlotte bring poetry to everyone.

North Carolina's only restored fort from the French and Indian War.

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

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

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

Creaky dinosaurs grow in the backroads of Monmouth County, New Jersey.

Thomas Edison's home and final resting place also boasts an impressive garage, where some of the earliest electric cars are on display.

Randy Senna's Fascination and retro arcade is home to the last Fascination game in New Jersey, and one of seven remaining as of 2021.

Memorial to the 137 lives lost on a ship fire, the whole hulk of which washed up on the Asbury Park shore.

The mysterious canine hides atop a drain pipe on the back of the building, some say as a sneaky shoutout to Yale.

Nassau Hall has served as army barracks, a museum, and played a key role in the American Revolution.