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

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

One of the best places to see feral Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.

A sculpture made from recycled materials and hand-blown glass dedicated to transportation and transformation.

On the side of a Virginia highway, a collection of monuments commemorates an 18th-century trek through the Blue Ridge Mountains.

This tower was once used to create ammunition for early settlers.

This environmental engineering marvel keeps salt water from the Elizabeth River.

Country fans may flock to Nashville's music scene, but this Appalachian town is where the genre was born.

The only museum outside of Australia dedicated to exhibiting the artwork of Indigenous Australian artists.

Get up close and personal at this Fresnel Lens.

A lightship turned museum, outfitted with artifacts from the vessel's past as part of the U.S. Lighthouse Service.

Metal dinosaurs lurk in a sculpture garden on the outskirts of a popular resort town.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.

Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.

The taxidermy remains of the most popular pony in children's literature.

Herbert Hoover's "Brown House" rural presidential retreat was a PR disaster amid the start of the Great Depression.

A museum dedicated exclusively to aircraft used in the military.

Rowdy rebels fortified this home during the first popular uprising in United States history.

The oldest arched-covered bridge in Virginia has truly withstood the test of time.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.