A giant concrete churn carries the legacy of American resilience, unity, and greed.

This futuristic folk sculpture park sits along a peaceful stretch of rural North Carolina roadway.

Wander through more than 20,000 square feet filled with an amazing collection of orchids.

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

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

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

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

Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

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

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.

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

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

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is home to an impressive swan population—some real, some with paddles, and one with an observation deck.

The narrowest street in Paris.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

This marvelous array is one of the largest collections of mechanical instruments in Europe.

A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.

Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.

This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.