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

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

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

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

Visitors come from all over to bring gifts and tokens to the grave of Alice, who is thought to have died of a broken heart.

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

The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.

This sweet Southern elixir comes from what may be the oldest grape vine in North America.

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

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

From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.

This centuries-old graveyard is the final resting place of the Fort Fisher Hermit.