This museum is dedicated to the workers that help keep the power on.

This stone statue inspired Thomas Wolfe’s 1929 novel 'Look Homeward, Angel.'

Visit the secret grave of a legendary privateer who faked his own death.

A different Edgar Allan Poe built this charming Victorian home.

A museum dedicated to a unique ecosystem.

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

A ghost town that was wiped out by a flood in 1940.

This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.

Largest display of Wesleyana anywhere in the world.

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.

Between 1930 and 1946, a tobacco farmer laid his beloved horses and mules to rest in this small patch of pine forest.

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

Step past the gas pumps and into a fine French bistro.

A museum celebrating rare American motorcycles where everything runs—and none of it quietly.

An eclectic store sells obscure vinyl recordings of Charles Manson and Jim Jones, along with many other oddities.

A museum dedicated to an incredible woman who founded a pioneering school for rural Black students.

Asheville, North Carolina, was the the second place in the world to enjoy Kentucky Fried Chicken's secret recipe.

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

This sinkhole is disguised as a pond and named after the man who stumbled upon it.

One of the few surviving original NASCAR dirt-track speedways.

A giant cat slowly prowls the parking lot of Zebulon's car dealerships.

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

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

North Carolina's only restored fort from the French and Indian War.