This futuristic folk sculpture park sits along a peaceful stretch of rural North Carolina roadway.

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

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

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

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

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

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

An early life spent in this "Old Kentucky Home" inspired the writings of North Carolina's most famous novelist.

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

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

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

The author's beautiful and historic home is also a fully functioning goat farm.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

Discovered by a soldier during the Revolutionary War, these springs helped create an iconic South Carolina ginger ale.

Replica of an old Esso filling station, complete with Wayne gravity pump and outhouse.

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

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

This metal disk commemorates the birth of a historic American holiday.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.