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

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.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

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

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

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

The time thousands of bags of chips washed ashore in the Outer Banks is memorialized in a local museum.

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

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

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

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