This site in Caldwell County is the location where the Cherokee and Catawba are said to have entered a peace treaty.

The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.

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

The oldest church building in the state.

A 30-foot-tall cement chair pays tribute to a historic design and a local industry.

This stone statue inspired Thomas Wolfe’s 1929 novel 'Look Homeward, Angel.'

These cabins mark the site where our 11th president was born (probably).

A museum celebrating rare American motorcycles where everything runs—and none of it quietly.

Largest display of Wesleyana anywhere in the world.

Inside this old train depot resides a multi-line model train covering western North Carolina.

Founded in 1925, this folk school attracts students from across the country and preserves traditional Appalachian art.

This ancient art form was used to capture the lives and struggles of the Haywood Street ministry.

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

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

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

The world's largest set of the ten commandments lay nestled in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains.

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

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.

The scene of the largest surrender of Confederate troops at the end of the American Civil War.

The world's largest vertical wind tunnel.

Traditional Appalachian dances such as the Georgia Rang Tang and the Shoo-Fly Swing are kept alive at this weekly event.

This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.

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