This ancient art form was used to capture the lives and struggles of the Haywood Street ministry.

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

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

This Asheville chair museum wants to revive a dying art.

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

Carrying on the legacy of a short-lived experimental school tucked away in the mountains of North Carolina.

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

Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.

A museum dedicated to the legacy of Bob Moog and his pioneering synthesizers.

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

A nourishing complex of found object art, paintings, and sculptures that celebrate key figures in Black history.

A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.

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

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

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

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

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

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

“You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands.” ― Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

The wood bears a hidden love note carved by a young Johnny Cash.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

A different kind of swan princess.

Home to a giant switchblade and one of the world's largest collections of pocket knives, this museum is a cut above the rest.

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.