A tribute to the furry local heroes who helped get residents through many tough times.

For a time this small Florida town of less than 1,000 residents was the national leader in dismemberment.

A graveyard of bathyspheres and diving bells paints a weirdly accurate account of ocean exploration's rickety history.

In one of America’s oldest mountain ranges, a long-awaited section of a scenic highway is now open to the public.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

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

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

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

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

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

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

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

You can climb to the summit of Black Mountain, as long as you sign the waiver.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.