Located on the top three levels (floors 6,7 and 8) of the historic Flatiron Building in downtown Asheville, the SkyBar is not only ingenious in their use of space but also with the out of the ordinary experience you get from the moment you step foot in the vintage elevator. If you are looking for a great spot to watch the sun set behind the Blue Ridge Mountains, the SkyBar is exactly where you need to be.

Take a behind-the-scenes tour of the new Sierra Nevada brewery and sample some brews in their Taproom. During a guided or self-guided tour, learn about their brewing process and commitment to sustainability. Their Taproom and Restaurant opened in 2015, and it's definitely a showpiece for the brewery with 400 seats, 23 beer taps and a chef-driven farm-to-table menu that incorporates and complements their craft beer. The centerpiece of the Taproom is Sierra Nevada's experimental 20-barrel pilot brewhouse, supplying limited rotating draughts exclusive to the restaurant.

Feel like royalty for a day at this 1895 French Renaissance castle built by George W. Vanderbilt's. Explore much of the 8,000-acre estate, including the 250-room Biltmore House, 75 acres of beautiful gardens, the nation's most visited winery, shopping, dining, four star accommodations, hiking trails and more for a bucket list vacation to remember for a lifetime.

Asheville is known for the drum circle that takes place downtown every Friday night. From November through March, drummers will gather a few blocks away from Pritchard Park at the New Mountain music venue at 38 North French Broad Avenue. They will start around 6 PM and end around 9 PM. You can drop in at any time. Free admission.

Located in the South Slope Brewery District of Asheville, the Funkatorium is the East Coast's first sour and funky beer dedicated taproom. Featuring over a dozen varieties of these burgeoning styles on draught, visitors can expect a full immersion into the old world way of experiencing and appreciating beer against the backdrop of Wicked Weed's entire sour and funky barrel-aging program. Open seven days a week, the Funkatorium offers rustic small bites and artisanal sandwiches and flatbreads designed to challenge and complement the unique draught and bottle selection.

You'll often see long lines out the front door of the French Broad Chocolate Lounge on weekends. And it's worth the wait... a chocolate lover's dream. Their delicious variety of hand-crafted artisan chocolates and pastries features superb local and organic ingredients. It's a great spot for dessert after dinner at a nearby downtown restaurant since they are open late. Sip a glass of wine paired with your chocolate. Or see how perfectly a creamy stout pairs with vanilla ice cream and their dark, dense cacao nib brownie. Savor a liquid truffle, their signature hot sipping chocolate with flavors like Indian Kulfi, Masala Chai, Cayenne & Cinnamon and pure dark chocolate. Cakes include the quintessential chocolate, highland mocha stout, vanilla, unadulterated carrot, chocolate truffle torte and the theros olive oil chocolate cake.

This hot spot is well-known for their cat-head biscuits and house-made jam and butter bar. Oh my! Add to that their gravy flights (usually seven to pick from), smoked chevre grits, coconut-stewed collards, local sausage and bacon and fried chicken.