A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

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

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

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

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

After giving up Michelin glamour for his Amish faith, one chef now makes stellar sausages in a small, off-the-grid shop.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.

Beer lover's can-covered house.

The park is home to the United States's only still-operating Dutch windmill.

Largest tulip festival in America, includes fireworks, a parade, and a carnival.

The world's largest wooden structure.

Over two centuries old and counting, Madrid's massive botanical garden contains one of Europe's only desert environments.

Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

In a pedestrian tunnel on North Carolina State’s campus resides an expressive and artistic free-for-all.