A curious art piece along a lovely biking trail marks several historic floods via a series of colorful poles that represent floodwater heights.

Born from segregation and exclusion, Durham’s Black Wall Street is now a living reminder of the city’s past

Saunter along the banks of one of North Carolina’s wildest rivers

A different Edgar Allan Poe built this charming Victorian home.

The upstairs museum delves into the Lawson family murder, whose eight victims were embalmed at this store in 1929.

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

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

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

Eighteenth century house of the mysterious "Father of Raleigh."

This colonial cabin is the oldest building in High Point, built by one of the first settlers in the area.

The scene of the largest surrender of Confederate troops at the end of the American Civil War.

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

A nourishing complex of found object art, paintings, and sculptures that celebrate key figures in Black history.

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.

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

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.