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

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

Once luxurious, these oceanfront beach homes have been left to succumb to the elements as the beach is slowly washed away.

4,000 monkeys used for medical testing on an island off of South Carolina.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

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

An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.

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

According to local lore, this narrow passageway through two large rocks was accidentally created by the devil himself.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

A beautiful, water-filled quarry that has become a popular haunt for swimmers and artists.

This uninhabited island in Maine is home to various works of art left by visitors over the years.

Explore the dark underground corridors of this graffiti-covered former military fortification.

This colorful theme park dedicated the official fruit of Maine serves sweet, tasty treats.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

A cable-suspension footbridge that hangs high above the Mill River.

This cavernous abandoned marble mine is popular with ice skaters in the winter.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

Once the largest attraction in Rhode Island, this former amusement park is now a gorgeous coastal state park.

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.