A 30-foot-tall cement chair pays tribute to a historic design and a local industry.

This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.

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

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

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

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

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

This North Carolina grave is the final resting place of the world's most famous conjoined twins.

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

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

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

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

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

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.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

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

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.