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

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.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

According to Greek mythology, this natural spring is the home of a freshwater nymph.

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.

This one-of-a-kind Roman arch is not actually dedicated to the god Janus.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

Eight rare Corvettes are swallowed up by a sinkhole in Kentucky's National Corvette Museum.

An abandoned generator and motor factory has become a multi-use industrial campus.

In Indiana's first capital city of Corydon, the original State Capitol still stands among other historic buildings.

These five houses were built for the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair.

At 431 feet and 10 inches, this is the longest historic covered bridge in the United States.

In rural Iowa, an imported 19th-century windmill overlooks an unlikely enclave of Danish culture.

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

The former home of the 11th president of the United States.

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.

Dinosaurs invade a suburban Nashville neighborhood.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

Feast on kebabs, dips, and house-made breads in the heart of Nashville’s Little Kurdistan.

Bone marrow-loaded birria with handmade corn tortillas—need we say more?