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

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

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

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

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

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

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

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

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

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.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

An attack on a prominent Black attorney's house sparked a watershed moment in Nashville's civil rights movement.

This museum pays tribute to the Cherokee leader who created a written language for his people.

This stone memorial pays tribute to a massive shipwreck which was sadly overshadowed by the death of John Wilkes Booth.

This limestone outcropping was once a ceremonial site for ancient Native Americans.

This tiny 19th-century tunnel was built so a man could move his cows from one field to another.

A key producer of charcoal iron in the early 1800s, the structure still stands today.

Dinosaurs invade a suburban Nashville neighborhood.

Mass graves and Victorian monuments mark the history of Memphis in this 19th century cemetery.

Hiding behind a grocery store is a spectacular cavern carved as part of an old limestone quarry.

This large cave is a summer home to thousands of bats and has a rich history dating back to prehistoric times.

These early tent-shaped grave coverings are unique to Appalachia.