This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

Burial site more than 300 years old.

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

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

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

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

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

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

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

This former fire tower is now a rustic observatory that offers amazing views of eagles, hawks, and the Appalachian Mountains.

A beautiful hidden gem in central West Virginia.

The first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature came from the foothills of Appalachia.

The isolated final resting place for perished coal miners.

A well-preserved relic of the industrial age steel and iron works that dotted West Virginia.

Two gems of Beaux Arts architecture that have been sitting vacant for years.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.

Berkeley Hot Springs presents to you "the only outdoor monument to presidential bathing."

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

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.