A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

The author's beautiful and historic home is also a fully functioning goat farm.

This historic church houses the grave of a Scottish soldier who fought in the Battle of Waterloo.

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

An art instillation for the sake of "raising vibrations."

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

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

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

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

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

This tiny store is your one-stop shop for all sorts of rare and wonderful buttons.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

The place where Dvořák composed some of his most famous works.

Nope, not Washington Irving's house.

A memorial marks the library lobby where Langston Hughes' ashes are buried.

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.

The former home of the reclusive "Weird Wendels" who dominated New York real estate a century before Donald Trump.

Walking around West Harlem reveals a scavenger hunt of beautiful bird murals.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

This small New York museum celebrates the mountainous artwork of a Russian mystic.

A famous songsmith's custom piano, dubbed "High Society," is hidden just out of sight in one of New York's finest hotels.