Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

Traditional Appalachian dances such as the Georgia Rang Tang and the Shoo-Fly Swing are kept alive at this weekly event.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

Home of a 28-foot tall stalagmite known as the War Club.

This abandoned school has had many lives since the early 1900s, and all of them doomed.

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

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

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

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

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

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

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

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

A sign marks the plane crash that caused two nuclear bombs to fall in North Carolina.

This colonial cabin is the oldest building in High Point, built by one of the first settlers in the area.

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

Wander through more than 20,000 square feet filled with an amazing collection of orchids.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

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

The scene of the largest surrender of Confederate troops at the end of the American Civil War.