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

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

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

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

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

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.

Mystery surrounds a famous marshal of Napoleon's army.

Burial site more than 300 years old.

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

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

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

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

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.

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

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

Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.

One of the best places to see feral Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie The Fugitive can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.