An early life spent in this "Old Kentucky Home" inspired the writings of North Carolina's most famous novelist.

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

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

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

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

Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.

Launched by Napoleon's soldiers more than 200 years ago, a cannonball remains embedded in the tower wall.

This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.

Legend says it was constructed with the destroyed pillar of an ancient Greek Temple.

The only surviving choragic monument is a trophy awarded in 334 BC for the winning dramatic chorus.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

This striking sculpture of Icarus honors Greece's fallen flyers.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.

A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.

The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

The Renaissance-era courthouse is a relic from the fortified town's centuries of Venetian rule.

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

Now harmless, this looming post struck fear into the heart of medieval troublemakers.

A musical instrument played by the sea.