This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

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

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

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

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

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.

Discovered by a soldier during the Revolutionary War, these springs helped create an iconic South Carolina ginger ale.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

One of the few surviving original NASCAR dirt-track speedways.

The scene of the largest surrender of Confederate troops at the end of the American Civil War.

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.