A water pumping station disguised as a residential home to assuage concerned neighbors now tricks most passersby.

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

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

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

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

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

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

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

The humble horn finally finds a place in the sun.