An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."

This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

This century-old roadside attraction is full of bizarre rock formations.

Country fans may flock to Nashville's music scene, but this Appalachian town is where the genre was born.

Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.

Volcanic stone sentinels stand watch at a Korean Bell Garden in Virginia.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

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

On a clear afternoon, you can see mountain peaks more than 40 miles away from this clearing in the Pisgah National Forest.

Sculptor Vadim Bora's bronze felines pay playful homage to architectural features no longer extant along Asheville's Wall Street.

An early life spent in this "Old Kentucky Home" inspired the writings of North Carolina's most famous novelist.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

Carrying on the legacy of a short-lived experimental school tucked away in the mountains of North Carolina.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

Traditional Appalachian dances such as the Georgia Rang Tang and the Shoo-Fly Swing are kept alive at this weekly event.

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

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

Rare videos and memorabilia await visitors inside this unique store.

A museum dedicated to the legacy of Bob Moog and his pioneering synthesizers.

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

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.