Places Liskaliska Wants to Go

Chef Ashleigh Shanti serves up a classic Appalachian fish fry.

This family-run joint has been going whole hog for nearly 100 years.

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

A 30-foot-tall cement chair pays tribute to a historic design and a local industry.

This fallen red oak tree has been transformed into a piece of trailside art.

Artisans have been gathering in North Carolina since 1989 to show off whimsical takes on an everyday item.

The world's largest vertical wind tunnel.

Carrying on the legacy of a short-lived experimental school tucked away in the mountains of North Carolina.

Don't be surprised if you see a long-necked dinosaur peeking out from among the trees in Northgate Park.

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.

This former POW camp was transformed into a Cold War missile installation.

Every Friday night, Appalachian string-bands turn this country store and soda fountain into a raucous jamboree.

Zipline through the deepest canyon in the eastern United States.

Where three rails and three centuries of transportation meet.

This museum celebrates a legendary railroad photographer whose personal life was as dramatic as his photos.

The last remaining location of a drive-up hot dog stand named after a local pool shark.

This restaurant is devoted to celebrating Appalachia's cuisine.

The branches of this sprawling cedar tree are laden with wishes big and small.

This field of concrete was once an active defense site armed with nuclear warheads.

A massive, majestic mammal watches over pedestrians from his perch atop a former B.P.O.E. lodge.

A 100-foot metal tower and swinging bridge that provides stunning views of mountains in five states.

A lone historical marker off the highway and scattered debris are all that remain of this Cold War-era missile site.

This historic, one-acre island is the only legal place to camp in the city of Richmond.