An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

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

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

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

A museum dedicated to the legacy of Bob Moog and his pioneering synthesizers.

The water swaps direction twice a day, whipping into a frenzy of whirlpools and rapids.

This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.

The remains of a Canadian train crash are now mouldering beneath layers of rust and graffiti.

The small first-floor apartment where the author wrote her Pulitzer Prize-winning book 'Gone with the Wind.'

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

The narrowest street in Canada was once a spot for dastardly doings, now a historic piece of Chinatown.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

Every fall this lake mysteriously drains, like a bathtub with the plug pulled out.

A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.

More than five miles of underground passageways.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

This natural wonder is disappearing at an alarming rate.

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

A chessmaster's dream destination.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

This is not your typical jungle gym.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.