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

Wander through more than 20,000 square feet filled with an amazing collection of orchids.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

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

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

This multi-story wooden waterpark offers homemade thrills.

The humble gravesite of the man who failed to cash in on his Pepsi-cola goldmine.

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

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

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

This historic sunny-yellow building has an unfortunate connection to the sinking of the Titanic.

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

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

This small museum dedicated to the painful memory of segregation is essentially a time capsule.

The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.

This handcrafted, old western-style town is filled with deserted cars, retired movie props, and other forms of Americana.

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

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

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

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

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