An exotic reptile facility showcasing some of the rarest, most venomous snakes in the world.

Founded in 1925, this folk school attracts students from across the country and preserves traditional Appalachian art.

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

A monument to the sheer amount of oddities one can collect over a lifetime.

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

One of the best places to see feral Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

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

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

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

An abandoned asylum incorporated into a college campus.

A rare particle accelerator with a tremendous energy range is tucked away at Ohio University.

Outstanding collection of 19th century medical instruments includes a life-size figure cast from as many as 200 cadavers.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

A failed utopian experiment for British expats in the American South is now a Victorian village frozen in time.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

A museum and doll store featuring a surreal and super sanitized version of where babies come from.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.