Brevard, North Carolina
Brevard White Squirrels
This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.
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Brevard, North Carolina
This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.
Pisgah Forest, North Carolina
Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?
Asheville, North Carolina
This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.
Asheville, North Carolina
A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.
Asheville, North Carolina
Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.
Asheville, North Carolina
The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.
Texarkana, Texas
$10,000 won in a poker game in 1884 allowed James Draughon to build this intriguing home.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.
Denton, Texas
A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.
Huntsville, Texas
The world's tallest statue of an American hero.
Houston, Texas
Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.
Houston, Texas
A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.
Houston, Texas
Beer lover's can-covered house.
Houston, Texas
One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.
Houston, Texas
A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
This hotel was used during the Manhattan Project to house official visitors.
Austin, Texas
Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.
Austin, Texas
A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.
Austin, Texas
Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.
Paris, Texas
In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.
Wichita Falls, Texas
World's smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.
Amarillo, Texas
These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.
Amarillo, Texas
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.