One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie The Fugitive can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

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

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

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

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

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

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

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

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.

This boulder stays on its mountain thanks to a huge chain and on the map due to local legend.

An enormous goose sits atop this nest-shaped home.

Constructed from the ruins of a former glass factory, this park incorporates the old with the new.

Just outside the Ohio Supreme Court sits a testament to justice.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

A monument to a Native American leader who was known for never breaking a promise and met his end after signing a deal with white settlers.

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

A 2,000-year-old Adena burial mound located along a busy street in Columbus, Ohio.

The world's first aircraft factory has been hiding inside an automobile plant for almost 80 years.

The oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America.