The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

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

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

A giant cement churn carries the legacy of American resilience, unity, and greed.

A giant cat slowly prowls the parking lot of Zebulon's car dealerships.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

In one of America’s oldest mountain ranges, a long-awaited section of a scenic highway is now open to the public.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Formerly the most gerrymandered district in the U.S., it twisted and turned along racial borders.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

This winding road of 318 curves is a must-visit for (careful) motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts.

A historic dam made famous for its turbines and feature in a Hollywood classic.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.