A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

Rural churches in the middle of nowhere with religious frescoes by famous artist.

This lovely burial mound is actually a replica that was installed after archeologists excavated the original.

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

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

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

Largest display of Wesleyana anywhere in the world.