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 research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

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

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.

The most photographed house in Maine looks good enough to eat.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

These bamboo and rope bridges cross the Nam Khan River for six months every year.

Thousands of effigies of Buddha watch from caves set high above a legendary river, plus whiskey.

A condom-covered Thai restaurant that is more concerned with birth control than food.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

Morocco's largest Jewish cemetery.

Morocco’s modern capital was once a haven for Barbary pirates, who went so far as to establish a republic of their own.

The courtyard of this small Marinid madrasa is a dazzling example of intricate Islamic architecture.

God's Saharan sandbox of wrath.

This vast masterpiece of Moroccan architecture spreads across 20 acres.

Traditional 11th-century outdoor tannery.