A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

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

This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.

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

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

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

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

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

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

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