Places BryanKnight Wants to Go

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

Inside this old train depot resides a multi-line model train covering western North Carolina.

Founded in 1925, this folk school attracts students from across the country and preserves traditional Appalachian art.

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

This historic sunny-yellow building has an unfortunate connection to the sinking of the Titanic.

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

An early life spent in this "Old Kentucky Home" inspired the writings of North Carolina's most famous novelist.

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

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

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

The humble gravesite of the man who failed to cash in on his Pepsi-cola goldmine.

This colonial cabin is the oldest building in High Point, built by one of the first settlers in the area.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

This sinkhole is disguised as a pond and named after the man who stumbled upon it.

This museum explores the lives of Chang and Eng, the "Original Siamese Twins."

The time thousands of bags of chips washed ashore in the Outer Banks is memorialized in a local museum.

A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.

Cherokee alphabet, proof of ancient North American Jews, or just a hoax?

Carrying on the legacy of a short-lived experimental school tucked away in the mountains of North Carolina.

A sign marks the plane crash that caused two nuclear bombs to fall in North Carolina.

The only pachinko parlor in the United States.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.