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A nourishing complex of found object art, paintings, and sculptures that celebrate key figures in Black history.

Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were stars of the vaudeville circuit.

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

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

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

Hidden amid a collection of trails is the site of a tragic crash.

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

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

The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.

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

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

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.

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

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

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

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

A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.

These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.

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

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.