It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

A non-native grove of 241 redwoods in Southern California.

How this Pine Barrens hill got its name is uncertain, but on a good day the view from the fire tower is crystal clear.

This museum in the woods evokes the work and lives of Michigan's 19-century lumberjacks.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

When he found his hometown was no more, Lowell Davis decided to recreate a "new" ghost town from scratch.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

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

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

One man’s religious convictions led him to build this stone castle meant to withstand an apocalypse.

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

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

A year-long seasonal produce clock highlighting a variety of fruits and vegetables from across the Piedmont region.

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

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.

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

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

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

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