This multi-story wooden waterpark offers homemade thrills.

An exotic reptile facility showcasing some of the rarest, most venomous snakes in the world.

A vast collection of everyday items amassed by one man.

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

This colonial cabin is the oldest building in High Point, built by one of the first settlers in the area.

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

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

This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.

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

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

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

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

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

A monument to the sheer amount of oddities one can collect over a lifetime.

A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.

Burial site more than 300 years old.

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

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

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

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

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.