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

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

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

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

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.

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

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

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.

This suburban house is made of dirt, and almost sparked a revolution in home construction.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

Wander among the abandoned ruins of this once-powerful medieval town.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.