This centuries-old graveyard is the final resting place of the Fort Fisher Hermit.

These cabins mark the site where our 11th president was born (probably).

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

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

During World War II, blimps were a key part of the United States' defense against German U-boats—this building could house a dozen of the armed airships.

Formerly the most gerrymandered district in the U.S., it twisted and turned along racial borders.

Largest display of Wesleyana anywhere in the world.

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

Inside this old train depot resides a multi-line model train covering western North Carolina.

This historic sunny-yellow building has an unfortunate connection to the sinking of the Titanic.

An art instillation for the sake of "raising vibrations."

This Asheville chair museum wants to revive a dying art.

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

The humble gravesite of the man who failed to cash in on his Pepsi-cola goldmine.

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

The fine fabric handwoven at Biltmore Industries was once coveted around the world.

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

The time thousands of bags of chips washed ashore in the Outer Banks is memorialized in a local museum.

Cherokee alphabet, proof of ancient North American Jews, or just a hoax?

The world's largest set of the ten commandments lay nestled in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains.

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

A sign marks the plane crash that caused two nuclear bombs to fall in North Carolina.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.