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

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

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

An idyllic mineral hot springs facility with a more-than checkered past.

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

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

Carrying on the legacy of a short-lived experimental school tucked away in the mountains of North Carolina.

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.

This Asheville chair museum wants to revive a dying art.

A nourishing complex of found object art, paintings, and sculptures that celebrate key figures in Black history.

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

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

A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.