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This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

The perfect place to take a family of giants for a beach vacation.

An exotic reptile facility showcasing some of the rarest, most venomous snakes in the world.

Artisans have been gathering in North Carolina since 1989 to show off whimsical takes on an everyday item.

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

This handcrafted, old western-style town is filled with deserted cars, retired movie props, and other forms of Americana.

A sign marks the plane crash that caused two nuclear bombs to fall in North Carolina.

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

The humble horn finally finds a place in the sun.

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

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

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

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