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

Traditional Appalachian dances such as the Georgia Rang Tang and the Shoo-Fly Swing are kept alive at this weekly event.

Take a stroll through this centuries-old tunnel of enormous moss-hung evergreens, nestled among the grounds of America’s first public sculpture garden.

Follow the path behind this treat-slinging camper van to a sculpture garden in the forest.

A different Edgar Allan Poe built this charming Victorian home.

This fallen red oak tree has been transformed into a piece of trailside art.

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

A young state senator's deathbed plea to be buried inside a rock resulted in this unusual grave site.

From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

For more than 150 years, this cemetery has served as the final resting place for many members of Wilmington's Black community.

The upstairs museum delves into the Lawson family murder, whose eight victims were embalmed at this store in 1929.

This North Carolina grave is the final resting place of the world's most famous conjoined twins.

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

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

Most historians agree that the so-called "Gentleman Pirate" wasn't much of either of those things.

The Lowcountry color with the power to stop evil from entering a home.

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

A once-groundbreaking power plant turned into a hotel and mini-museum of archeological and geological wonders.

This bar hosts an ever-evolving napkin art installation devoted to an American president.

Tucked away inside a historic Savannah hotel is a hundred-year history presented in ladies' lids.

The humble beginnings of one of America’s greatest songsmiths.

Artisans have been gathering in North Carolina since 1989 to show off whimsical takes on an everyday item.