Thousands of unique minerals, including some of the most impressive fluorite crystals in the world.

This abandoned cemetery has a dark past of bodies buried over bodies.

Everyone and everything one man ever loved and lost, now stare into the East for all eternity.

The grave of the iconic Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot features a bust of the man behind the goatee.

An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.

A ship that lived many lives under many names is now known merely as the "Ghost Ship."

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

The perfect place to take a family of giants for a beach vacation.

This airfield is home to a number of retired vintage planes in various states of disrepair.

Rare videos and memorabilia await visitors inside this unique store.

From golden eagles to peregrine falcons, this rehabilitation and education center is a haven for birds of prey.

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

The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

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

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

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

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

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

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

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.