The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.

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

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

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

The humble horn finally finds a place in the sun.

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

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.

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

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

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