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

This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

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

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

Step past the gas pumps and into a fine French bistro.

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

Hidden amid a collection of trails is the site of a tragic crash.

A museum celebrating rare American motorcycles where everything runs—and none of it quietly.

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

Legend has it the mill owner's daughter, Mary Musgrove, helped a Patriot soldier hide behind these falls.

A handful of beehive kilns are all that’s left of a historic brick-making empire.

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

An octet of classic chrome trailers speared into the ground act as a tribute to the silver bullets of the open road.

A nude beach alongside a washed-out road.

This curio museum seems like the type of place you might find a mogwai or a monkey's paw.

An abandoned Victorian house transformed into a museum and store filled with taxidermy and vintage goods.

An oddity shop inspired by the history of the circus.

These mysterious ruins are hidden amid this sleepy coastal city.

Decorative shell walls built in the 1940s sit atop an ancient midden created by the Calusa Native Americans.

This abandoned bridge is now a favorite haunt for graffiti artists.

For 32 years the famous Ringling Bros circus troupe spent winters in this sunny spot in Florida.

"Bite or Smite" became the unlikely mascot of a Tampa suburb.