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Dine in a former general store from the Roaring Twenties, when Eggleston was a hot springs boomtown.

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

This work of folk art was produced by Gregory Warmack but the artifacts cemented in place are communal.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

A collection of memorabilia from the estate of former professional wrestler Andre the Giant.

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

This colonial cabin is the oldest building in High Point, built by one of the first settlers in the area.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.

A museum dedicated to an incredible woman who founded a pioneering school for rural Black students.

This statue in Talcott, West Virginia, is an enduring symbol of American grit.

You can still shop in one of West Virginia’s oldest stores.

The lasting remains of a historic spa.

Here lies Zona, whose ghostly testimony led to her husband’s murder conviction.

Home of a 28-foot tall stalagmite known as the War Club.

Step into the courtroom to learn details of the only case in history where ghostly testimony led to a murderer's conviction.

West Virginia’s first state park commemorates one of the state’s last significant Civil War battles.

The first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature came from the foothills of Appalachia.

West Virginia’s largest bog is home to rare carnivorous plants.

A lighthouse on this West Virginia lake started as a joke, then the forces of nature helped make it a reality.

In 1952, a strange encounter in the woods of West Virginia led to the legend of a 10-foot-tall monster with glowing eyes and a distinctive style.

A museum dedicated to the legend of Bigfoot in the Appalachian Mountains.

This abandoned mine and power plant was built atop land once given to Revolutionary War soldiers.

This schoolhouse for Black American children is one of the oldest remaining in southeastern Ohio.