While knives are the main feature in this store, visitors will also find dinosaur bones and meteorites.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.

The author's beautiful and historic home is also a fully functioning goat farm.

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

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

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

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

A museum dedicated to the legacy of Bob Moog and his pioneering synthesizers.

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

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

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

Chef Ashleigh Shanti serves up a classic Appalachian fish fry.

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

A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.

A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.

Marker for a long-gone electric trolley line that spurred the economic development of West Asheville.

These tree-filled acres are also filled with history, hiking and a celebration of Appalachian crafts.

On a clear afternoon, you can see mountain peaks more than 40 miles away from this clearing in the Pisgah National Forest.

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

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

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