The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

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

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.

An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

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

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

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

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

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

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

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

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

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

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

The home of pigs, snakes, chameleons, and the alleged largest bunny in the United States.

A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.