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

Abandoned for 60 years, this submerged bridge was completely forgotten until the lake was drained.

The site of the Scopes Trial contains a small exhibit dedicated to the famous case.

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

This large cave is a summer home to thousands of bats and has a rich history dating back to prehistoric times.

HFH's slum simulation is either a noble recreation of poverty or a cringeworthy attempt at same.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

More than five miles of underground passageways.

A historic blockhouse and trading post give a glimpse into the early colonial history of South Carolina.

A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.

This folk art compound was built by a fortune teller on the advice of three people from the future.

Home of Dutchy, an exhumed Confederate statue that was once torn down by an angry mob for looking stupid.

One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.

A man's home is his castle.

Two Civil War-era cemeteries stuck between runways at the world's busiest airport.

A vision of beautiful Hindu architecture in the middle of the American South.

The largest cemetery in the American Southeast is a hidden gem near the heart of Atlanta.

One of the world’s largest collections of paper memorabilia chronicles 4,000 years of papermaking.

One-of-a-kind museum inside the first Boeing 747-400 ever made.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

The legacies of two historic Black American institutions live on in this unassuming brick building.

Atlanta's strange assortment of concrete pillars inspires reflection in some, confusion in others.