Discovered by a soldier during the Revolutionary War, these springs helped create an iconic South Carolina ginger ale.

This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

Settled in 1696, abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

A giant cat slowly prowls the parking lot of Zebulon's car dealerships.

Eighteenth century house of the mysterious "Father of Raleigh."

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

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

A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.

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

The humble horn finally finds a place in the sun.

Burial site more than 300 years old.

Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.

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

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

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

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

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

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

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

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

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