If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

This multi-story wooden waterpark offers homemade thrills.

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

An idyllic mineral hot springs facility with a more-than checkered past.

The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.

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

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

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

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

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

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

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

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

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

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

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

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

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

Learn all about this iconic air rifle without putting an eye out.

Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.