Marking the spot where a conquistador gave up his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

This sprawling museum holds one man's giant collection of real tanks.

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

This museum gives tribute to the underappreciated "Down-South Submarine."

This winding road of 318 curves is a must-visit for (careful) motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts.

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

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

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

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

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

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 psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

One of the best places to see feral Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.