Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

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

The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

Its unique collection details the history of the state's svelte railroads.

This once-forgotten African American cultural hub was an important stop on the Underground Railroad.

The only remaining historic maritime signal station in the United States.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

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

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

A stack of stones steeped in Irish folklore, much like the hero they're connected to, hide in plain sight.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

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

A nourishing complex of found object art, paintings, and sculptures that celebrate key figures in Black history.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

These powerful, if squat, Canadian waterfalls flow in different directions depending on the time of day.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

A place steeped in history that may be best known as the set of a 1960 film.