North Carolina

Places in this region

Belhaven Memorial Museum

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

The Belhaven museum is comprised almost entirely out of the collection of one woman, "Miss Eva." Her life of avid collecting of began small with a collection of buttons given to her by her... »

Museums and Collections, Unique Collections | Edited by Dylan

pagan art

messages from extinct tribes

petroglyphs at Basse Terre, Guadeloupe »

Rites and Rituals | Edited by

Fields of the Woods

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

Most people have heard of Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, but far fewer are familiar with Ambrose Jessup Tomlinson, the Smokey Mountains very own (non-Mormon) 'latter day saint.'... »

Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues, Cultures and Civilizations , Rites and Rituals, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by

Devil's Stomping Ground

A one hundred and twenty year old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods

Set back from the main road, is a empty patch of woods, a dusty circle, barren of plant life, about 15' wide where, according to stories dating back to 1882, the devil comes to dance. The stories... »

Mystery Spots and Gravity Hills | Edited by

World's Largest Hammock

Where to take a family of giants for a beach vacation.

Though any hammock usually suffices so long as it is located beachside, the more hammock the better has been the operating philosophy of Nag’s Head Hammocks since 1974. Located in mainland... »

Unusual Monuments | Edited by littlebrumble

Grave Digger's Dungeon

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados

Few diversions are as uniquely and unabashedly American as a good old fashioned monster truck jam. Among the greatest stars in the sport's history is Grave Digger, specifically when driven by... »

Unique Collections, Inspired Inventions | Edited by littlebrumble and anhie

Church of the Frescoes

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

A small church in North Carolina was the first to be graced by large, Italian-style frescoes painted by an American artist who studied with Italian masters. North Carolina native Ben Long grew up... »

Curious Places of Worship | Edited by upinthecountry and Annetta

Paraclete XP Skyventure

The world's largest vertical windtunnel

Nestled alongside Fort Bragg on highway 401 in Raeford, NC lies Paraclete XP, the world's largest and most powerful Vertical Windtunnel. The building itself is over 100 ft high and laid out like... »

Strange Science, Instruments of Science, Electrical Oddities | Edited by

Bain Waterworks Plant

Art Deco urban decay at this historical building

The Bain Water Treatment Plant is urban decay at its finest. As the treatment plant for the capital city of Raleigh, NC for many decades, it still has such a presence more than 20 years after it... »

Incredible Ruins | Edited by alisonlmyers and Annetta

Elsewhere Collaborative

Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner

The Elsewhere Collaborative is a non-profit museum located in downtown Greensboro, NC. The museum is built on one woman's (Sylvia Gray) collection of objects and materials while she ran a thrift... »

Wonder Cabinets, Unique Collections, Musical Wonders, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by elsewhere

Elsewhere on the Web