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

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

This chicken coop pays homage to a classic architectural style made famous throughout the southern United States.

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

The wooden house where the jazz great learned to play the piano.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

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

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

Follow the path behind this treat-slinging camper van to a sculpture garden in the forest.

A museum dedicated to an incredible woman who founded a pioneering school for rural Black students.

A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.

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

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were stars of the vaudeville circuit.