A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

Before TV meteorologists, there were weather kiosks. This may be the last one in the United States.

The world's largest version of this iconic puzzle cube is located in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

Colorful murals stationed throughout Charlotte bring poetry to everyone.

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

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

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

Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.

This saucy statue once caused outrage among locals.

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

Born from segregation and exclusion, Durham’s Black Wall Street is now a living reminder of the city’s past

A mini-Stonehenge in the corner of the North Carolina state capitol grounds.

This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.

A different Edgar Allan Poe built this charming Victorian home.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

For more than 150 years, this cemetery has served as the final resting place for many members of Wilmington's Black community.

The imprints of astronaut Charles Duke’s moon boots live on at Myrtle Beach’s official South Carolina Hall of Fame.

Once a safe haven for Black patrons and performers—including Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington—during the Jim Crow era, portions of this nightclub and motel have been restored to welcome a new kind of visitor.

This small museum dedicated to the painful memory of segregation is essentially a time capsule.

If Myrtle Beach is the mini golf capital of the world, this is its crowning glory.

This maze-like, oceanfront gift shop—the nation’s largest— has been serving kitsch to the Myrtle Beach community for over 80 years.

A unique museum that uses visual art and storytelling to reveal the hidden history of the Gullah Geechee and their African ancestors.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.