An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.

Rural churches in the middle of nowhere with religious frescoes by famous artist.

One of the oldest Black communities in western North Carolina and one of the largest Black Mennonite congregations in the country.

A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.

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

Asheville, North Carolina, was the the second place in the world to enjoy Kentucky Fried Chicken's secret recipe.

This stone statue inspired Thomas Wolfe’s 1929 novel 'Look Homeward, Angel.'

This hands-on museum houses roughly 80 vintage pinball machines and arcade games.

This historic church houses the grave of a Scottish soldier who fought in the Battle of Waterloo.

Sculptor Vadim Bora's bronze felines pay playful homage to architectural features no longer extant along Asheville's Wall Street.

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

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

One of the last remaining pedestrian suspension bridges in North Carolina.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

An ode to "The Queen of Appalachia."

The world's largest version of this iconic puzzle cube is located in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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

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

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

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

This stone memorial pays tribute to a massive shipwreck which was sadly overshadowed by the death of John Wilkes Booth.

Stroll around the headstones of notable figures from Knoxville's history, as well as towering monoliths and melancholic headstones.

Before TV meteorologists, there were weather kiosks. This may be the last one in the United States.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.