A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.

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

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

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

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

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

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

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

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

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.

Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

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

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

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.