A sign marks the plane crash that caused two nuclear bombs to fall in North Carolina.

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

Wander through more than 20,000 square feet filled with an amazing collection of orchids.

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

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

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

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

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

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

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

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

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

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

The world's largest collection of materials relating to lesbian history is housed in a Brooklyn townhouse.

I fought the law and the precinct caved in.

A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.

Down a stairway in the East Village, you could once read a plaque describing an alternate history of a fictional version of Manhattan.