Places rsowton Wants to Go

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

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

A historic dam made famous for its turbines and feature in a Hollywood classic.

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

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

This winding road of 318 curves is a must-visit for (careful) motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts.

Burial site more than 300 years old.

An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.

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

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

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

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.

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

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

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

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

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.