The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

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

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

Rural churches in the middle of nowhere with religious frescoes by famous artist.

The world's largest set of the ten commandments lay nestled in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.

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

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

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

Burial site more than 300 years old.

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

Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

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

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

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

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

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