A 30-foot-tall cement chair pays tribute to a historic design and a local industry.

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.

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

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 former factory now pays tribute to a local industry fueled by sardines.

This multi-story wooden waterpark offers homemade thrills.

This family-owned diner has been slinging chili dogs since 1940.

The first documented commercial gold find in the United States.

This North Carolina grave is the final resting place of the world's most famous conjoined twins.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.

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

You can find America's highest suspension footbridge at Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

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

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.