A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

These memorials built by an eccentric bachelor on the side of Interstate 5 cause both wonder and traffic accidents.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.

Moonbows over Kentucky.

The world's longest known cave system.

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.

In a pedestrian tunnel on North Carolina State’s campus resides an expressive and artistic free-for-all.

Eighteenth century house of the mysterious "Father of Raleigh."

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

This sinkhole is disguised as a pond and named after the man who stumbled upon it.

Colorful murals stationed throughout Charlotte bring poetry to everyone.

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

North Carolina's only restored fort from the French and Indian War.

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

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.