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This restaurant proudly displays bread signed by the 39th president.

Centuries-old columns from French monasteries provide structure for this courtyard within an Ohio art museum.

A pharmacy built in the shape of a mortar and pestle, now resembles a fancy cocktail.

The physical legacy of one man’s lifetime mission, following a near-fatal mine accident, to publicly proselytize for Christianity.

A bronze sculpture honors the 12 black students who attended the first integrated public high school in the segregated South.

One of the earliest bowling lanes in the U.S. doubled as a sewing school during a time when women had little job opportunity.

This giant rock arrived at this quiet park thousands of years ago on the back of a massive glacier.

This wildlife refuge is home to more than 200 species of birds, as well as monkeys, lizards, and other wildlife.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

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

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

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

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

A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.

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

A nourishing complex of found object art, paintings, and sculptures that celebrate key figures in Black history.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

The fine fabric handwoven at Biltmore Industries was once coveted around the world.

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

This Asheville chair museum wants to revive a dying art.

Chef Ashleigh Shanti serves up a classic Appalachian fish fry.

This ancient art form was used to capture the lives and struggles of the Haywood Street ministry.

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

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