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

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

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

Rural churches in the middle of nowhere with religious frescoes by famous artist.

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

The world's largest vertical wind tunnel.

The humble horn finally finds a place in the sun.

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

Mystery surrounds a famous marshal of Napoleon's army.

Traditional Appalachian dances such as the Georgia Rang Tang and the Shoo-Fly Swing are kept alive at this weekly event.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

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

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

Burial site more than 300 years old.

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

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

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

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

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

An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.

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

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

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