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35.1396, -90.0528
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Lake Wales, Florida
Bok Tower Gardens
Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.
27.9157, -81.5660
Lafayette, Indiana
Cholera Mass Graves of Fink Cemetery
An unknown number of cholera victims are buried in two nondescript graves.
40.3741, -86.8764
Williamsport, Indiana
Williamsport Falls
A small rural town hides Indiana's tallest waterfall.
40.2865, -87.2929
Montreal, Québec
St. Patrick's Basilica
Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.
45.5036, -73.5657
Montreal, Québec
Notre Dame Basilica
A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.
45.5087, -73.5540
Montreal, Québec
Biosphere of Montreal
Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.
45.5190, -73.5342
Charlotte, North Carolina
Grave of John King
An elephant is carved onto the gravestone of a man who was crushed by one.
35.2344, -80.8473
Charlotte, North Carolina
‘Fairy Ring’
A permanent outdoor art installation made up of more than 100 mushroom-shaped lights.
35.2102, -80.8602
Asheville, North Carolina
Haywood Street Fresco
This ancient art form was used to capture the lives and struggles of the Haywood Street ministry.
35.5930, -82.5631
Chimney Rock, North Carolina
Chimney Rock
A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.
35.4328, -82.2503
Lake Lure, North Carolina
Lake Lure
Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.
35.4356, -82.2317
Nags Head, North Carolina
Jockey's Ridge
This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.
35.9624, -75.6339
Charlotte, North Carolina
Musical Parking Garage
This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.
35.2278, -80.8378
Asheville, North Carolina
Flat Iron Sculpture
This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.
35.5952, -82.5549
Asheville, North Carolina
Asheville Pinball Museum
This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.
35.5965, -82.5569
Asheville, North Carolina
The Cat Walk
Sculptor Vadim Bora's bronze felines pay playful homage to architectural features no longer extant along Asheville's Wall Street.
35.5945, -82.5561
Asheville, North Carolina
Basilica of Saint Lawrence, Asheville
This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.
35.5974, -82.5563
Asheville, North Carolina
Biltmore Industries Homespun Museum
The fine fabric handwoven at Biltmore Industries was once coveted around the world.
35.6217, -82.5447
Asheville, North Carolina
The Grove Park Inn
The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.
35.6202, -82.5429
Sevierville, Tennessee
Dolly Parton Statue
An ode to "The Queen of Appalachia."
35.8677, -83.5660
Nashville, Tennessee
Concrete Parthenon
This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.
36.1497, -86.8132
Memphis, Tennessee
The Crystal Shrine Grotto
This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.
35.1104, -89.8740
Memphis, Tennessee
Mud Island River Park
A Memphis park where you can walk the whole Mississippi River in one go.
35.1529, -90.0575
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Ruby Falls
The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.
35.0191, -85.3394
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