One of the world’s largest collections of paper memorabilia chronicles 4,000 years of papermaking.

A vast collection of rare, historical, and vintage supercomputers.

A nourishing complex of found object art, paintings, and sculptures that celebrate key figures in Black history.

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 cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

A psychedelic tribute to one of Georgia's most unique artistic visionaries, out of place and time in the heart of Atlanta.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

A unique museum dedicated to the Gullah-Geechee people, housed within an old oyster cannery.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

Volunteer-run library dedicated to exploring five decades of activism history.

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

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

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.