A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

Nine tiny mice sculptures hide in plain sight along Main Street.

The wooden house where the jazz great learned to play the piano.

Visit Morris, the Horse, the symbol of the small town of Tryon since 1928!

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

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

The author's beautiful and historic home is also a fully functioning goat farm.

This historic church houses the grave of a Scottish soldier who fought in the Battle of Waterloo.

This stone statue inspired Thomas Wolfe’s 1929 novel 'Look Homeward, Angel.'

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

Below this enormous headstone lie Billy and Benny McCrary, better known as the "McGuire Twins."

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

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

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

On a clear afternoon, you can see mountain peaks more than 40 miles away from this clearing in the Pisgah National Forest.

This forest school's long history lets today's visitors experience resource management learnings in a beautiful environment.

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

Sculptor Vadim Bora's bronze felines pay playful homage to architectural features no longer extant along Asheville's Wall Street.

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

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

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

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

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

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