A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.

Burial site more than 300 years old.

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.

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

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

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

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.

One of the best places to see feral Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

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

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

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

A bronze of the man in all his sinewy glory celebrates his longtime connection to the Ohio city.

Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

A Christian-themed amusement park and complex rocked by scandals.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.