This 12-inch-tall wooden sculpture of a winged Virgin Mary has inspired much devotion and countless replicas.

As one of the world's largest hydroelectric dams this plant took two countries to get built.

A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.

This stone monument marks the beginning of Portugal's presence in Brazil.

The largest open-air contemporary art center in Latin America is a unique experience in the Atlantic Forest.

Cars mysteriously roll uphill on this street.

A display of works by one of the world masters sacred art, an 18th-century Brazilian sculptor nicknamed "the little cripple."

This 17th-century Portuguese fort now houses a nautical museum.

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Yo, Adrian!

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

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

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

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

You can find America's highest suspension footbridge at Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

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