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North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

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

A museum celebrating rare American motorcycles where everything runs—and none of it quietly.

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

Cherokee alphabet, proof of ancient North American Jews, or just a hoax?

In one of America’s oldest mountain ranges, a long-awaited section of a scenic highway is now open to the public.

While knives are the main feature in this store, visitors will also find dinosaur bones and meteorites.

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

A natural sandstone bridge hidden in the Sewanee forest.

The pan man stands as a testament to the functionality of American cast iron cookware.

What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?

The first full-scale tunnel built in America is short but scenic.

The site of the one of the most deadly train wrecks in American history.

A bloodstain from "the wound of the transverberation of the heart."

The Binghamton area is home to six of the last remaining hand-carved vintage carousels.

A giant roll of mints marks the birthplace of one of America's most famous candy brands.

A Byzantine-style concrete artwork pays tribute to a 17th-century saint.

This Toronto garden collects stares and tchotchkes in equal measure.

A collection of more than 12,000 shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox.

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

Inside a humble hangar is some of the best roller derby the world has to offer.

The four tall pillars once marked the entrance of the historic Seattle church that fought for women's suffrage and civil rights.