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

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

One of the best places to see feral Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.

A mistaken marker makes an erroneous claim along the historic Old Divide Road.

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

One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.

Visit this playground of waterfalls, caves and sinkholes.

A cemetery for only coon hounds in northwest Alabama.

This architectural triumph is the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in Alabama.

3/4-scale model of the White House in Atlanta, Georgia.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

World's largest college campus includes a wildlife sanctuary and a former movie set on more than 28,000 acres.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

What better place to take a seat?

A natural history museum with an extensive collection of bird dioramas.

A strange history museum, with items accumulated by a pair of globe trotting spies.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.