It may take some time to locate, but it's sure to warm even a heart of stone.

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

The humble horn finally finds a place in the sun.

The world's first time capsule lies behind a welded steel door in Atlanta.

A man's home is his castle.

Like Mars, but much closer.

The only subterranean ping pong table in Atlanta.

The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

A rapidly disappearing authentic bit of the old south.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.

This natural wonderland is a unique chance to explore a Carolina bay, a mysterious geological formation of unknown origin.

According to local lore, this narrow passageway through two large rocks was accidentally created by the devil himself.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

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

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

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

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

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

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

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

Suspended above the ground in a thicket of towering Georgia trees is a modern architectural wonder.