This commercial and retail center was crafted from walled military barracks.

Located behind the Riverside Pub is a nautical fantasy from one of the area's renowned street artists.

The whimsical steel spider lurking in the shadows of this suspension bridge shows that engineers can have a sense of humor.

Presented to the city in 1910 for public use, these brass markers show varying lengths.

In the 19th century, this pit housed a fully grown black bear for the entertainment of visitors. Today there is a sculpture in tribute to the poor creature.

The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.

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

Sculptor Vadim Bora's bronze felines pay playful homage to architectural features no longer extant along Asheville's Wall Street.

This handcrafted, old western-style town is filled with deserted cars, retired movie props, and other forms of Americana.

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

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

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.

This stone statue inspired Thomas Wolfe’s 1929 novel 'Look Homeward, Angel.'

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

Step into the cool deep past and unknown future of who begat who.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

A stretch of land where the sour-sweet vegetable is cloaked in darkness and grows so fast you can hear it crack, squeak, and pop.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

The "last unrestored grand mansion of Savannah" is now a cramped, mouldering maze of antiques.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.