Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

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

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

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

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

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

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

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.

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

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

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

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

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

In a pedestrian tunnel on North Carolina State’s campus resides an expressive and artistic free-for-all.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.