Rotting dome home spotted near Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

The perfect place to take a family of giants for a beach vacation.

An early life spent in this "Old Kentucky Home" inspired the writings of North Carolina's most famous novelist.

This colonial cabin is the oldest building in High Point, built by one of the first settlers in the area.

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

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

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

A giant cement churn carries the legacy of American resilience, unity, and greed.

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

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

Follow the path behind this treat-slinging camper van to a sculpture garden in the forest.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.

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

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

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

This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

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

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

Traditional Appalachian dances such as the Georgia Rang Tang and the Shoo-Fly Swing are kept alive at this weekly event.

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

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