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

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

The world's largest vertical wind tunnel.

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

The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.

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

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

One of the best places to see feral Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

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

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

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

An enormous overgrown greenhouse teeming with graffiti and wildlife.

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

This hospital fell into ruins after failing to act as the advocate for the mentally ill it was designed to be.

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

A billionaire heiress' menagerie of animals were lovingly laid to rest on the grounds of her former estate.

Take a step into the workshop where Edison and his employees revolutionized the world.

On the Hudson resides one of the largest clocks in the world.

These 20-foot sculptures will help guide you from the local train station to the local sculpture garden.

A bronze plaque at an intersection in Hoboken marks the place where the game of baseball first took shape.