This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

According to local lore, this narrow passageway through two large rocks was accidentally created by the devil himself.

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

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

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

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.

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.