Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

Colorful murals stationed throughout Charlotte bring poetry to everyone.

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

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

Eighteenth century house of the mysterious "Father of Raleigh."

The scene of the largest surrender of Confederate troops at the end of the American Civil War.

Rural churches in the middle of nowhere with religious frescoes by famous artist.

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

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

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

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

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

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

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

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

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

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.

Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.