This abandoned church languishing for decades is now one man's passion project and subject of paranormal investigators.

The first national memorial to honor all women suffragists stands on land where suffragists were once imprisoned.

A home that witnessed Civil War combat on the Sunken Road has the battle scars to prove it.

The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.

One of the oldest Black communities in western North Carolina and one of the largest Black Mennonite congregations in the country.

Founded in 1925, this folk school attracts students from across the country and preserves traditional Appalachian art.

A museum dedicated to an incredible woman who founded a pioneering school for rural Black students.

From golden eagles to peregrine falcons, this rehabilitation and education center is a haven for birds of prey.

An early life spent in this "Old Kentucky Home" inspired the writings of North Carolina's most famous novelist.

Eighteenth century house of the mysterious "Father of Raleigh."

This colonial cabin is the oldest building in High Point, built by one of the first settlers in the area.

Carrying on the legacy of a short-lived experimental school tucked away in the mountains of North Carolina.

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

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

This handcrafted, old western-style town is filled with deserted cars, retired movie props, and other forms of Americana.

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

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

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

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

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

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 one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."

The author's beautiful and historic home is also a fully functioning goat farm.