Unruly residents were housed in this one-person cell until the Black Maria arrived.

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

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

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

Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.

You can find America's highest suspension footbridge at Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.

The site of a gold-digging conquistador's bloody landing in the Americas.

This former factory has been transformed into a technicolor wonderland, where dozens of local artists have collaborated to create a real choose-your-own-adventure experience.

Rumored to be the famed pirate's lookout tower, this historic stone structure is now just watching for tourists.

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.

A stone face watches over the river.

This statue commemorates the meeting of the most influential minds of the women’s rights movement.

This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.

This little Greek plateau is home to thousands of rustic, white-sailed windmills.

This black sand beach was crafted from volcanic explosions including the historic Minoan eruption.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.