The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

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

This museum dedicated to an oft-overlooked support industry features a surprisingly moving brass diorama of a man being saved from a sinking car.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

This small exhibit explores the lives of Chang and Eng, the first known conjoined twins.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

The world's largest vertical wind tunnel.

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

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

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

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

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

Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

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

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

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

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

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

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