Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

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

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

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

Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

The Lincoln Memorial has inspired many, even though a word on the inscription appears to be spelled incorrectly.

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

An Outer Banks museum devoted to the thousands of shipwrecks resting off North Carolina’s coast.

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

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

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

One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.