The author's beautiful and historic home is also a fully functioning goat farm.

Founded in 1925, this folk school attracts students from across the country and preserves traditional Appalachian art.

An art instillation for the sake of "raising vibrations."

From golden eagles to peregrine falcons, this rehabilitation and education center is a haven for birds of prey.

A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.

The world's largest vertical wind tunnel.

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

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

Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.

Burial site more than 300 years old.

This North Carolina grave is the final resting place of the world's most famous conjoined twins.

This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.

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

Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

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

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

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.