Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

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

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

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

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

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.

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

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

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

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

Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.

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 North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

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

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

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