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

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

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

One of the last remaining pedestrian suspension bridges in North Carolina.

On the outskirts of Pennsylvania’s capital city, a reminder of the worst accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history.

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

The original location of Vollis Simpson’s Whirligigs.

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

Formerly the most gerrymandered district in the U.S., it twisted and turned along racial borders.

Engraved in stone here are the signatures of everyone who signed the Declaration of Independence.

With a history dating back to Victorian times, this architectural gem is a rare New York tourist haunt worth visiting.

Twelve decommissioned shipping containers evoke a reclining person in Marfa, Texas.

Hundreds of fiberglass structures line the side of the road in the middle of nowhere.

Saunter along the banks of one of North Carolina’s wildest rivers

A different Edgar Allan Poe built this charming Victorian home.

This family-owned diner has been slinging chili dogs since 1940.

One of the oldest Black communities in western North Carolina and one of the largest Black Mennonite congregations in the country.

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

A year-long seasonal produce clock highlighting a variety of fruits and vegetables from across the Piedmont region.

A Manhattan tombstone honors a popular 19th-century heroine, now long forgotten.

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

This historic sunny-yellow building has an unfortunate connection to the sinking of the Titanic.

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

Texas’s first suspension bridge is still carrying people across the Brazos.