A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.

An exotic reptile facility showcasing some of the rarest, most venomous snakes in the world.

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

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

A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

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

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.