The picturesque southern city served as the zombie-filled town of Woodbury in 'The Walking Dead.'

A hidden oasis just two minutes from downtown Atlanta.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

An urban laboratory.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

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

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

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

A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.

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.  .

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of 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 piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

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

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

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

An abandoned network of military bunkers and tunnels open for anyone willing to descend into the darkness.