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

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 giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

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

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

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

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

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.