This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

An ode to "The Queen of Appalachia."

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

This chestnut box will not be opened until the country music legend's 100th birthday in 2046.

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

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

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

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

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

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

This futuristic folk sculpture park sits along a peaceful stretch of rural North Carolina roadway.

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

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

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

A museum celebrating rare American motorcycles where everything runs—and none of it quietly.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.