A permanent outdoor art installation made up of more than 100 mushroom-shaped lights.

Inside this old train depot resides a multi-line model train covering western North Carolina.

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

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

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.

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

An open-air "garden" of mural art that changes weekly.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

An automaton perched above an classic clock and watch store

"Would you like your sangria in an IV bag, or straight-up?"

This statue was a gift to commemorate the Thai monarch's first visit to a foreign land.

The many—66 to be exact—faces of the German forest.

A brush maker used his factory to protect blind Jews from the Gestapo.

One man's personal kunstkammer, museum and shop.

This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.

An industrial relic is now one of Europe's most staggering art spaces.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.

This German version of Universal Studios holds a vault of treasures from the NeverEnding Story.

An ancient chamber filled with wonderful rock art and a Neolithic carving of a human face.