Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

The world's largest set of the ten commandments lay nestled in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains.

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

Rural churches in the middle of nowhere with religious frescoes by famous artist.

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were stars of the vaudeville circuit.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.

The world's largest vertical wind tunnel.

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

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

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

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

Burial site more than 300 years old.

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.

These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.

The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.

The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

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

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.