An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions.

These cabins mark the site where our 11th president was born (probably).

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

Hidden amid a collection of trails is the site of a tragic crash.

A museum celebrating rare American motorcycles where everything runs—and none of it quietly.

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

This building contains handprints that are well over a century old.

This winding road of 318 curves is a must-visit for (careful) motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.

Abandoned for 60 years, this submerged bridge was completely forgotten until the lake was drained.

One of the best places to see feral Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

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

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

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

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

Cherokee alphabet, proof of ancient North American Jews, or just a hoax?

A large boulder marks the place where the island of Manhattan was purportedly "sold" to the Dutch.

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.