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

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

This metal disk commemorates the birth of a historic American holiday.

The only pachinko parlor in the United States.

The humble gravesite of the man who failed to cash in on his Pepsi-cola goldmine.

The time thousands of bags of chips washed ashore in the Outer Banks is memorialized in a local museum.

The world's largest set of the ten commandments lay nestled in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains.

This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.

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

The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.

These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.

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

Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.

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 vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

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

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

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

These mystical miniature houses bring a touch of magic to the New Jersey woods.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

The world's biggest version of the popular Swedish souvenir.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.