This medieval cathedral houses stained-glass windows featuring saints and pretzels.

These paved rills bring freshwater into Altstadt and could spell wedding bells for whoever stumbles into the waters.

This Late Gothic building that once housed Erasmus is now known as the filming location of "Suspiria."

A geothermal energy project gone wrong is fracturing the city's picturesque architecture.

A charming little museum founded by the designer of the Statue of Liberty.

This unusual piece of Renaissance art depicting the bodily horror of crucifixion and skin disease may have been inspired by fungus-induced hallucinations.

This stone statue inspired Thomas Wolfe’s 1929 novel 'Look Homeward, Angel.'

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

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

The humble gravesite of the man who failed to cash in on his Pepsi-cola goldmine.

This futuristic folk sculpture park sits along a peaceful stretch of rural North Carolina roadway.

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

One of the best places to see feral Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

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

Enjoy dishes that founding fathers once ate at this Colonial Williamsburg pub.

Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”

America's first public mental health facility.

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

This Asheville chair museum wants to revive a dying art.

Eighteenth century house of the mysterious "Father of Raleigh."

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

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

This historic boathouse was constructed using salvaged lumber from burned barns.