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

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

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

Rumors persist that a bottle of whiskey is sealed within this Demijohn-shaped adornment.

This hidden treasure provides a charming access point along the south side of Baker Park.

An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

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

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

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

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

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

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.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie The Fugitive can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

Twenty-eight years after this local landmark was washed ashore by hurricane Hugo, it was washed away by hurricane Irma.