Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

America's first public mental health facility.

This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.

Settled in 1696, abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

This North Carolina grave is the final resting place of the world's most famous conjoined twins.

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

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

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.

A table rock formation that has been intriguing West Virginians for years.