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

An idyllic mineral hot springs facility with a more-than checkered past.

Founded in 1925, this folk school attracts students from across the country and preserves traditional Appalachian art.

A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.

Rare videos and memorabilia await visitors inside this unique store.

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

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

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

A monument to the sheer amount of oddities one can collect over a lifetime.

Follow the path behind this treat-slinging camper van to a sculpture garden in the forest.

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

The wooden house where the jazz great learned to play the piano.

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

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

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

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

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

This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.