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

A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

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

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

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.

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

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

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

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

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie The Fugitive can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

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

Colorful murals stationed throughout Charlotte bring poetry to everyone.

Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were stars of the vaudeville circuit.

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

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

A take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.

This historic Pittsburgh tennis complex is a rare example of natural red clay courts.

The largest clock face in the United States is twice the size of Big Ben and infinitely more ad-sponsored.

Sections of the iconic limestone columns have been left uncleaned as a reminder of the city's polluted past.

A portion of the old Pirates stadium over which a defining home run once flew still stands even after the rest of the stadium was torn down.

A giant ball made from pieces of an old Jeep.

Hundreds of protractors affixed to surfaces all over the city.