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

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

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

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

This former maximum-security prison is creepy, sobering, and supposedly haunted.

This museum pays tribute to the Cherokee leader who created a written language for his people.

One man has spent decades faithfully constructing this unique brick and cinderblock castle.

Carrying on the legacy of a short-lived experimental school tucked away in the mountains of North Carolina.

Hidden amid a collection of trails is the site of a tragic crash.

A failed utopian experiment for British expats in the American South is now a Victorian village frozen in time.

In one of America’s oldest mountain ranges, a long-awaited section of a scenic highway is now open to the public.

This hotel was used during the Manhattan Project to house official visitors.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.