Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

A museum dedicated to the legacy of Bob Moog and his pioneering synthesizers.

An early life spent in this "Old Kentucky Home" inspired the writings of North Carolina's most famous novelist.

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

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

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

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

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

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

Traditional Appalachian dances such as the Georgia Rang Tang and the Shoo-Fly Swing are kept alive at this weekly event.

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

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

According to local lore, this narrow passageway through two large rocks was accidentally created by the devil himself.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.

Inside this old train depot resides a multi-line model train covering western North Carolina.

This historic church houses the grave of a Scottish soldier who fought in the Battle of Waterloo.

The author's beautiful and historic home is also a fully functioning goat farm.

Mystery surrounds a famous marshal of Napoleon's army.

North Carolina's only restored fort from the French and Indian War.

A rapidly disappearing authentic bit of the old south.

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

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

Formerly the most gerrymandered district in the U.S., it twisted and turned along racial borders.