This natural wonderland is a unique chance to explore a Carolina bay, a mysterious geological formation of unknown origin.

The highest point in South Carolina was once owned by an energy company that neglected it but now the state is taking it back.

On Hilton Head Island this bronze King of the Sea rules all things briny—and lets you know if you’re late for lunch.

This natural spring not only claims to heal the wounded but it has also been willed to God.

Amazing pre-Civil War ruins alongside a shallow, rocky river that hosts beautiful (but endangered) lilies.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

The world's largest vertical wind tunnel.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

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

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

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

Gutted airplanes slowly decay in a Florida field.

These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.

The "worst battleship ever built" is enjoying a grand second act, submerged 30 feet in the Gulf of Mexico.

These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.

This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.

One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.

Given just one more year to live, Conrad Schuck built his dream house in Bartow, Florida.

Florida’s half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Wall.

The world's 2nd or 3rd or 4th busiest seaplane base.

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.

An underwater statue of Christ blesses the depths off Key Largo.

Public works and national defense project meant to carve a canal all the way across the state of Florida.