Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Formerly the most gerrymandered district in the U.S., it twisted and turned along racial borders.

The perfect place to take a family of giants for a beach vacation.

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

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

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

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

A gated cross stands on the site where an Irish revolutionary met his end.

The location of the world's first telescope demonstration.

The much-beloved mascot of a local museum.

The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

A giant cat slowly prowls the parking lot of Zebulon's car dealerships.

In one of America’s oldest mountain ranges, a long-awaited section of a scenic highway is now open to the public.

A museum and doll store featuring a surreal and super sanitized version of where babies come from.

This lovely burial mound is actually a replica that was installed after archeologists excavated the original.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

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

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

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