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

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.

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

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

Rotting dome home spotted near Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

One of the few surviving original NASCAR dirt-track speedways.

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

Replica of an old Esso filling station, complete with Wayne gravity pump and outhouse.

This historic church houses the grave of a Scottish soldier who fought in the Battle of Waterloo.

A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.

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

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.

Traditional Appalachian dances such as the Georgia Rang Tang and the Shoo-Fly Swing are kept alive at this weekly event.

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.

From golden eagles to peregrine falcons, this rehabilitation and education center is a haven for birds of prey.

This lookout tower built in the 1930s is now an in-demand cabin with what might be the best view of the Seneca State Forest.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.