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

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie The Fugitive can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

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

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

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

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

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

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.

Would you like a sleeper hold with that?

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

VW heaven in the backwoods of Dade City, now gone.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

A peaceful, unique botanical garden complete with waterfalls, mini islands, and swans.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

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

A secret, rocky playground hidden amongst the plain white beaches of the Florida coast.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.