Artisans have been gathering in North Carolina since 1989 to show off whimsical takes on an everyday item.

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

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

The home of pigs, snakes, chameleons, and the alleged largest bunny in the United States.

This multi-story wooden waterpark offers homemade thrills.

This airfield is home to a number of retired vintage planes in various states of disrepair.

This handcrafted, old western-style town is filled with deserted cars, retired movie props, and other forms of Americana.

The scene of the largest surrender of Confederate troops at the end of the American Civil War.

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

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

A monument to the sheer amount of oddities one can collect over a lifetime.

A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.

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

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

Burial site more than 300 years old.

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

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

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.

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