Sculptor Vadim Bora's bronze felines pay playful homage to architectural features no longer extant along Asheville's Wall Street.

Carrying on the legacy of a short-lived experimental school tucked away in the mountains of North Carolina.

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

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

A nourishing complex of found object art, paintings, and sculptures that celebrate key figures in Black history.

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

A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.

A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

This remote camping site offers incredible stargazing opportunities.

A small museum dedicated to the whimsical tool that turns sugar cookies into works of art.

A mysterious light of unknown origin on the backroads of Missouri.

This ambitious restaurant celebrates the culinary traditions of the Ozarks before 1870.

A plaque on the side of a parking garage marks the burial place of a great Ottawa chief.

This unassuming riverbank is Missouri’s first designated site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.

One of the world's earliest skyscrapers.

One man's unrequited love stands in a glass box forever.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

The fading, forgotten remains of a once bright and booming factory.