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

A historic dam made famous for its turbines and feature in a Hollywood classic.

Follow the path behind this treat-slinging camper van to a sculpture garden in the forest.

From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

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

Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

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.

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

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

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

A tiny village in Wales claims the name of a noble medieval hound slain for a crime he didn't commit.

This lonely cast-iron structure is the only wave-washed lighthouse of its kind left in all of Britain.

This Roman amphitheater is said to be King Arthur's legendary Round Table.

The oldest continual pilgrimage site in Britain was supposedly created by a gruesome beheading.

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.