A year-long seasonal produce clock highlighting a variety of fruits and vegetables from across the Piedmont region.

Colorful murals stationed throughout Charlotte bring poetry to everyone.

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

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were stars of the vaudeville circuit.

A permanent outdoor art installation made up of more than 100 mushroom-shaped lights.

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

In a pedestrian tunnel on North Carolina State’s campus resides an expressive and artistic free-for-all.

A giant cement churn carries the legacy of American resilience, unity, and greed.

Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.

This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.

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

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

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

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

This church houses the “incorrupt” body of its founding Bishop.

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

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

A roadside music shop featuring a confounding series of folk art installations.

Once a gas station, this flightless airplane beside the Old Dixie Highway now houses a barbershop.

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