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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.

Asheville, North Carolina, was the the second place in the world to enjoy Kentucky Fried Chicken's secret recipe.

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

North Carolina's only restored fort from the French and Indian War.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

This metal disk commemorates the birth of a historic American holiday.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

One of the few surviving original NASCAR dirt-track speedways.

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

Thousands of jack o'lanterns light up Halloween at this historic West Virginia home.

Thousands of tiny squares in different colors make up this piece of street art.

This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.

A memorial dedicated to a highly decorated Marine and Korean War veteran, who also happened to be a horse.

A journey along this trail means indulging in a slice of nostalgia.

The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

America's second-oldest brick baseball stadium was home to a legendary WWII series that only sailors got to see.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

The hide of Stonewall Jackson's equine sidekick is on display not far from where the ashes of his bones are buried.