This 200-meter-high waterfall marks the site of Achilles’s immortal baptism at the mouth of the River Styx.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

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

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

The wooden house where the jazz great learned to play the piano.

Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.

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

Amazing pre-Civil War ruins alongside a shallow, rocky river that hosts beautiful (but endangered) lilies.

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

A hobby born from insomnia has turned into a hangar full of objects that have been be-buttoned by the Button King.

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

The humble gravesite of the man who failed to cash in on his Pepsi-cola goldmine.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

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

An old train trestle re-imagined as an Egyptian obelisk.

An impressive collection is dedicated to the legendary beast.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.