From golden eagles to peregrine falcons, this rehabilitation and education center is a haven for birds of prey.

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

Rare videos and memorabilia await visitors inside this unique store.

A sign marks the plane crash that caused two nuclear bombs to fall in North Carolina.

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

A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.

Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were stars of the vaudeville circuit.

A historic dam made famous for its turbines and feature in a Hollywood classic.

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

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

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

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

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

This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

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

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

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

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

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

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

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.