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

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

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

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

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

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

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

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.

Yo, Adrian!

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

Frank Lloyd Wright's most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.