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

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

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

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

Rural churches in the middle of nowhere with religious frescoes by famous artist.

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

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.

One of the oldest Black communities in western North Carolina and one of the largest Black Mennonite congregations in the country.

You can find America's highest suspension footbridge at Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

An ode to "The Queen of Appalachia."

While knives are the main feature in this store, visitors will also find dinosaur bones and meteorites.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.