Places revans Wants to Go

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

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

This sweet Southern elixir comes from what may be the oldest grape vine in North America.

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

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

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

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

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

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

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

The site of the daring river crossing that changed the course of the American Revolution.

Check out the 125-pound chocolate reindeer in the back of this candy shop.

Step into a pastel time capsule where candy is truly dandy.

This 13th century convent is now a medieval painting museum.

Get lost in the fantasy underworld of Thai serpents where wishes are granted

This cave complex might provide a link between the Neolithic and the Classical Greek period.

Nine healing baths available only to those who stay in this quaint town, said to have inspired 'Spirited Away.'