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

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

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

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

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

An old train trestle re-imagined as an Egyptian obelisk.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

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

Granite outcropping that the state's tourism bureau doesn't promote because of its delicate ecosystem.

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

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

A hobby born from insomnia has turned into a hangar full of objects that have been be-buttoned by the Button King.

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

North America's oldest authentic African Village.

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

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

The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.

This natural wonderland is a unique chance to explore a Carolina bay, a mysterious geological formation of unknown origin.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

The country music legend's grave is surrounded by Astroturf because fans kept plucking out the grass.

Settled in 1696, abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

Legend has it the mill owner's daughter, Mary Musgrove, helped a Patriot soldier hide behind these falls.

Home of Dutchy, an exhumed Confederate statue that was once torn down by an angry mob for looking stupid.

The highest point in South Carolina was once owned by an energy company that neglected it but now the state is taking it back.