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

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

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

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

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

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 psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

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

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

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

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

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

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

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

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