Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

This massive fiberglass Gulliver turns every visitor into a Lilliputian.

This amazing example of Valencian Art Nouveau looks more like a cathedral than a public market.

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

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

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.

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

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

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

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

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

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.

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

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

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.