The metal spire on the roof of this tower was intended as an airship docking station, but it was never actually used.

After just one epic test blast, this literal loose cannon proved too explosive for combat.

A white oak with property rights.

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

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

Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

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

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

A giant cement churn carries the legacy of American resilience, unity, and greed.

This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.

This family-owned diner has been slinging chili dogs since 1940.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

The final resting place of a controversial man who was instrumental in plucking the banjo from obscurity.

This bronze sculpture was inspired by a photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife embracing after he won the Nobel Peace Prize.

The Kalamazoo factory has 100 years of instrument-making, and one big wartime secret.

Anna Anderson spent most of her life claiming to be the lost Romanov child Anastasia.

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

The final home of the most famous horse of the American Civil War.

The hide of Stonewall Jackson's equine sidekick is on display not far from where the ashes of his bones are buried.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

The upstairs museum delves into the Lawson family murder, whose eight victims were embalmed at this store in 1929.

Home to the organ played at General MacArthur's funeral.

Mass grave of 50 unidentified French Soldiers who died at the Siege of Yorktown, 1781, that gave victory to the American Revolution.