Asheville, North Carolina
Fleetwood’s
A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.
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Asheville, North Carolina
A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.
Asheville, North Carolina
This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.
Asheville, North Carolina
This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.
Hendersonville, North Carolina
This historic church houses the grave of a Scottish soldier who fought in the Battle of Waterloo.
Flat Rock, North Carolina
The author's beautiful and historic home is also a fully functioning goat farm.
Bristol, Virginia
Country fans may flock to Nashville's music scene, but this Appalachian town is where the genre was born.
Bristol, Virginia
One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.
Roanoke, Virginia
Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.
Huntsville, Alabama
It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
For more than 25 years, this Philadelphia store has been offering a wide selection of Victorian oddities and antiques.
Washington, D.C.
The only female equestrian statue in Washington, D.C. is a 15th-century French heroine.
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
Visit a fourth-generation farm and museum dedicated to everyone's favorite fungi.
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
These lush botanical gardens employ the most purrfect pest control force.
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.
Arlington, Virginia
An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.
Woodbridge, Virginia
The final resting place of a prominent Black American farming family sits in the shadows of an IKEA store.
Washington, D.C.
This American Civil War-era fort still stands near the border between Washington, D.C. and Maryland.
Washington, D.C.
The only Leonardo Da Vinci painting in the Western Hemisphere.
Washington, D.C.
The revival of a classic Art Deco theater.
San Diego, California
A statue based on a tragic Japanese nursery rhyme, commemorating San Diego's sisterhood with Yokohama.
Takoma Park, Maryland
An old pay phone rewired to play local bird calls and songs at the press of a button.
Herndon, Virginia
Across from a hotel parking lot, a Confederate spy rests under a large tombstone with her Union Veteran husband behind a copse of trees in a small, well-maintained cemetery.
Fort Meade, Maryland
A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.
Annapolis, Maryland
A set of rowhouses built for laborers at a glass company are the last of their kind in Annapolis.