This multi-story wooden waterpark offers homemade thrills.

Visitors come from all over to bring gifts and tokens to the grave of Alice, who is thought to have died of a broken heart.

This sweet Southern elixir comes from what may be the oldest grape vine in North America.

This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.

An abandoned railroad tunnel forgotten by time awaits inquisitive hikers.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

Rare videos and memorabilia await visitors inside this unique store.

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

This small museum dedicated to the painful memory of segregation is essentially a time capsule.

This handcrafted, old western-style town is filled with deserted cars, retired movie props, and other forms of Americana.

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

This centuries-old graveyard is the final resting place of the Fort Fisher Hermit.

The only pachinko parlor in the United States.

From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.

A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.

The only zoo where you can buy animals that won't need feeding.

One person's lost luggage is another person's treasure.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

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

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.