Rotting dome home spotted near Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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

The only pachinko parlor in the United States.

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

This Asheville chair museum wants to revive a dying art.

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

A historic dam made famous for its turbines and feature in a Hollywood classic.

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

The humble horn finally finds a place in the sun.

A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.

Wander through more than 20,000 square feet filled with an amazing collection of orchids.

The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.

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

This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.

These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.

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

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

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

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

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

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

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

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.