Asheville, North Carolina
Basilica of Saint Lawrence, Asheville
This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Charlotte, North Carolina
David Černý's Metalmorphosis
A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.
Burnsville, North Carolina
Mount Mitchell
The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.
Corolla, North Carolina
Corolla Wild Horses
One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.
Asheville, North Carolina
Biltmore Estate's Secret Passages
The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.
Wilmington, North Carolina
Stanley Rehder Carnivorous Plant Garden
Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.
Claremont, North Carolina
The Bunker Hill Covered Bridge
A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
The Last Shell Oil Clamshell Station
This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.
Black Mountain, North Carolina
Craggy Gardens Rhododendron Tunnels
Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.
Key West, Florida
The Key West Museum of Art & History at the Custom House
A historic landmark and museum filled with curious objects representing the history of Key West.
Key West, Florida
Key West High Heel Shoe Drop
Leave it to Key West to drop a real-live drag queen instead of a ball to mark the arrival of the New Year.
Key West, Florida
The Conch Republic
"We Seceded Where Others Failed."
Lakeland, Florida
'Child of the Sun' Campus
A Florida college boasts the world's largest single-site collection of structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Key West, Florida
Pan Am's First Office
The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.
St. Augustine, Florida
Castillo de San Marcos
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
Key Biscayne, Florida
Cape Florida Lighthouse
Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.
Key Largo, Florida
The African Queen
The famous boat that once ferried Bogart and Hepburn still floats in Key Largo after being abandoned for years.
Ponce Inlet, Florida
Ponce De Leon Inlet Lighthouse
The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.
Key West, Florida
Southernmost Point of the Continental U.S.
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
St. Augustine, Florida
The Fountain of Youth
A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.
Key West, Florida
Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
North Miami Beach, Florida
The Cloisters of the Ancient Spanish Monastery
St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.
Homestead, Florida
Ed Leedskalnin's Coral Castle
A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.
Chiefland, Florida
Manatee Springs State Park
A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.
