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

This airfield is home to a number of retired vintage planes in various states of disrepair.

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

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

Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

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

A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.

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

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

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

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

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

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

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

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

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

You can find America's highest suspension footbridge at Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.

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

A white oak with property rights.

After just one epic test blast, this literal loose cannon proved too explosive for combat.

A museum and doll store featuring a surreal and super sanitized version of where babies come from.

A historic gristmill that still produces flour and grits the old-fashioned way.