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

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

A nourishing complex of found object art, paintings, and sculptures that celebrate key figures in Black history.

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

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

An early life spent in this "Old Kentucky Home" inspired the writings of North Carolina's most famous novelist.

A museum dedicated to the legacy of Bob Moog and his pioneering synthesizers.

Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.

Loyal fans of one television's most famous painters still come to pay their respects.

Part of a highway network meant to connect Miami to Montreal, this 10-mile stretch of road made from red bricks is still around 100 years later.

This small museum concentrates on the juicy history of orange production in Florida.

This twisty sign depicts the chain's first logo.

A unique museum dedicated to the Gullah-Geechee people, housed within an old oyster cannery.

A once-groundbreaking power plant turned into a hotel and mini-museum of archeological and geological wonders.

Dubbed the "smallest church in America," this tiny sanctuary was a local grocer's dream come true.

The ruins of a resort and casino sit on the banks of this blue hole spring that pumps 70,000 gallons of warm, clear water every minute.

The house that Southern rock built now stands as a monument to one of the genre's favorite families.

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

At Macon’s oldest cemetery two members of Allman Brothers are buried side by side.

An odd and heartwarming stone marker enshrines the moment a community saved a farmer's pig that fell in a well.

A sweet tribute to Georgia's official state vegetable, which even has its own mascot: "Yumion."

One person's lost luggage is another person's treasure.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie The Fugitive can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

This defunct, fortress-like prison has been the setting for several movies.