An exotic reptile facility showcasing some of the rarest, most venomous snakes in the world.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.

A vision of beautiful Hindu architecture in the middle of the American South.

An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.

The world's first time capsule lies behind a welded steel door in Atlanta.

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

Suspended above the ground in a thicket of towering Georgia trees is a modern architectural wonder.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

3/4-scale model of the White House in Atlanta, Georgia.

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

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

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

This bare tree might not have leaves but it is constantly clothed in festive decorations left by mysterious local benefactors.

Carved faces add a touch of magic to this island's impressive oak trees.

The world's largest vertical wind tunnel.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

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.

A unique museum dedicated to the Gullah-Geechee people, housed within an old oyster cannery.

The "last unrestored grand mansion of Savannah" is now a cramped, mouldering maze of antiques.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

Local myth claims this is a Sears catalogue home with its windows installed upside-down.