Asheville, North Carolina
Folk Art Center
A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.
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Asheville, North Carolina
A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.
Bloomfield, Indiana
One of the last remaining covered bridges in the region.
Catoosa, Oklahoma
Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Behind the Cowboy Hall of Fame is a burial ground for good horses and a famed rodeo bull.
Shelbyville, Tennessee
Known by many as once the world's smartest horse.
Crawfordsville, Indiana
The first spinning jail built in the United States is the only one that still turns.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."
Saint Paul, Minnesota
The literary king of the Jazz Age was born in this lovely Minnesota home which still honors his legacy.
Atlanta, Georgia
Proceeds from this colorful teahouse in a historic Atlanta neighborhood directly fund women’s education in northeast India.
Atlanta, Georgia
An old bank vault in Atlanta is now the eternal shrine to the King of Rock and Roll.
Atlanta, Georgia
Unruly residents were housed in this one-person cell until the Black Maria arrived.
Atlanta, Georgia
This angular brutalist playground turns playtime into modern art time.
Columbus, Georgia
Coca Cola may be "the real thing" but its inventor, buried at this Georgia gravesite, called it a "valuable brain tonic."
Columbus, Georgia
Shaped like a big top tent, this memorial honors the victims of a terrible train wreck.
Eufaula, Alabama
An autonomous oak in Alabama.
Clayton, Alabama
In 1863, a woman buried her hard-drinking husband beneath his beloved booze.
Eufaula, Alabama
That bass was as bad a fish as any angler ever knew.
Montgomery, Alabama
The whimsical construction on the roof has given rise to many a Montgomery myth about its contents.
Birmingham, Alabama
A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.
Wilmington, Illinois
This historic Illinois "Muffler Man" has been converted from axe-touting lumberjack to rocket-wielding space ace.
Gardner, Illinois
This tiny historic jail along Route 66 is the perfect fit for exactly one criminal and their partner-in-crime.
Hazard, Kentucky
An enormous goose sits atop this nest-shaped home.
Missoula, Montana
A classic carnival ride that was carved to be untouchable.
Wilson, Kansas
A 20-foot-tall egg painted in a traditional Czech patterns by the Czech community in Wilson, Kansas.