This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."

"Congress may voluntarily remain in session throughout the summer, in order that our Congressmen may be protected from the intolerable discomforts and dangers of the ordinary outdoor weather!”

A mysterious echo seems to defy the laws of acoustics.

This giant, rotating globe was built to celebrate the expansion of a company that makes steam cleaners and pressure washers.

A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.

This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.

This maze-like, oceanfront gift shop—the nation’s largest— has been serving kitsch to the Myrtle Beach community for over 80 years.

An enormous goose sits atop this nest-shaped home.

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

According to local lore, this narrow passageway through two large rocks was accidentally created by the devil himself.

This ancient art form was used to capture the lives and struggles of the Haywood Street ministry.

The fine fabric handwoven at Biltmore Industries was once coveted around the world.

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

A giant cat slowly prowls the parking lot of Zebulon's car dealerships.

Much of the spectacular canyon followed over a century ago by the Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroad is now accessible to cars.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.