A colorful square marks the heart of the city's LGBTQ community.

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

This metal disk commemorates the birth of a historic American holiday.

This futuristic folk sculpture park sits along a peaceful stretch of rural North Carolina roadway.

A water pumping station disguised as a residential home to assuage concerned neighbors now tricks most passersby.

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

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

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

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

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

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

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

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

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

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

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie The Fugitive can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

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

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

Legend says train robbers stashed their gold within the depths of this unusual cave.

Take a monster truck tour around an ostrich farm in the middle of the desert.