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.

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

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

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

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

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.

The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.

This small museum dedicated to the painful memory of segregation is essentially a time capsule.

The highest point in South Carolina was once owned by an energy company that neglected it but now the state is taking it back.

A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.

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

North America's oldest authentic African Village.

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

According to local lore, this narrow passageway through two large rocks was accidentally created by the devil himself.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

Settled in 1696, abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

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

A Christian-themed amusement park and complex rocked by scandals.