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

While knives are the main feature in this store, visitors will also find dinosaur bones and meteorites.

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

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

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.

A bronze sculpture honors the 12 black students who attended the first integrated public high school in the segregated South.

A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.

In 1911 this intersection was called "the heaviest corner in the South," and outlandish claim that only grew wilder over the years.

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

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

One of the Cemestos prefab homes built to secretly house thousands of Manhattan Project workers.

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

Joe Minter is only doing the work of God in his yard, he says.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

The art studio of an early 20th-century painter, hidden amid the Great Smoky Mountains.

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

An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.

Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.

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

A white oak with property rights.

Where you can experience the story of Appalachia, as told by Appalachians.

This structure among the trees was the result of divine inspiration.

Explore the wide world of miniature trains.

A wonderland of folk art including the World’s Largest Grit.