A giant cement churn carries the legacy of American resilience, unity, and greed.

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

A historic dam made famous for its turbines and feature in a Hollywood classic.

Cherokee alphabet, proof of ancient North American Jews, or just a hoax?

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

The humble gravesite of the man who failed to cash in on his Pepsi-cola goldmine.

This sinkhole is disguised as a pond and named after the man who stumbled upon it.

The fine fabric handwoven at Biltmore Industries was once coveted around the world.

The time thousands of bags of chips washed ashore in the Outer Banks is memorialized in a local museum.

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

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

A young state senator's deathbed plea to be buried inside a rock resulted in this unusual grave site.

Wander through more than 20,000 square feet filled with an amazing collection of orchids.

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

Mystery surrounds a famous marshal of Napoleon's army.

Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

The wooden house where the jazz great learned to play the piano.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.

Burial site more than 300 years old.

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

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

These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.

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