Places rsowton Wants to Go

Marker for a long-gone electric trolley line that spurred the economic development of West Asheville.

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

The oldest church building in the state.

This hands-on museum houses roughly 80 vintage pinball machines and arcade games.

Chef Ashleigh Shanti serves up a classic Appalachian fish fry.

Below this enormous headstone lie Billy and Benny McCrary, better known as the "McGuire Twins."

The original location of Vollis Simpson’s Whirligigs.

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

This stone statue inspired Thomas Wolfe’s 1929 novel 'Look Homeward, Angel.'

Largest display of Wesleyana anywhere in the world.

One of the oldest Black communities in western North Carolina and one of the largest Black Mennonite congregations in the country.

The author's beautiful and historic home is also a fully functioning goat farm.

A ghost town that was wiped out by a flood in 1940.

A museum dedicated to an incredible woman who founded a pioneering school for rural Black students.

This ancient art form was used to capture the lives and struggles of the Haywood Street ministry.

Asheville, North Carolina, was the the second place in the world to enjoy Kentucky Fried Chicken's secret recipe.

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

An eclectic store sells obscure vinyl recordings of Charles Manson and Jim Jones, along with many other oddities.

Founded in 1925, this folk school attracts students from across the country and preserves traditional Appalachian art.

This Asheville chair museum wants to revive a dying art.

Eighteenth century house of the mysterious "Father of Raleigh."

An idyllic mineral hot springs facility with a more-than checkered past.

The fine fabric handwoven at Biltmore Industries was once coveted around the world.

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