A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.

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

An art instillation for the sake of "raising vibrations."

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

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.

Asheville, North Carolina, was the the second place in the world to enjoy Kentucky Fried Chicken's secret recipe.

The fine fabric handwoven at Biltmore Industries was once coveted around the world.

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

Traditional Appalachian dances such as the Georgia Rang Tang and the Shoo-Fly Swing are kept alive at this weekly event.

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

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

An early life spent in this "Old Kentucky Home" inspired the writings of North Carolina's most famous novelist.

A museum dedicated to the legacy of Bob Moog and his pioneering synthesizers.

Carrying on the legacy of a short-lived experimental school tucked away in the mountains of North Carolina.

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

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

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

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

This ancient art form was used to capture the lives and struggles of the Haywood Street ministry.

This Asheville chair museum wants to revive a dying art.

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

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