A giant concrete churn carries the legacy of American resilience, unity, and greed.

A young state senator's deathbed plea to be buried inside a rock resulted in this unusual grave site.

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

Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were stars of the vaudeville circuit.

A historic dam made famous for its turbines and feature in a Hollywood classic.

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

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

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

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

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

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

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.

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

These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.

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

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

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

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

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

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

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?