The only pachinko parlor in the United States.

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

This sinkhole is disguised as a pond and named after the man who stumbled upon it.

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

This winding road of 318 curves is a must-visit for (careful) motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.