This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

Water flowed out of the town's unusual tree stump fountain in the 1930s, and the well still runs today.

Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.

This granite monument at the site of an ill-conceived tourist attraction is built from the same stone as the Mormon Temple.

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

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

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.

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

The wooden house where the jazz great learned to play the piano.

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

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

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.

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

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

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

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

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

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

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

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.