An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

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

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.

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

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

Oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

Twenty-eight years after this local landmark was washed ashore by hurricane Hugo, it was washed away by hurricane Irma.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

North America's oldest authentic African Village.

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.

An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.