These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.

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

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

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

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

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

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

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

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.

An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

"Try not to knock anything over!"

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

Supposed Massachusetts Grave of a pre-Columbus Knight Templar.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

A defunct all-girls college which may be the resting place of H.P. Lovecraft's real-life Necronomicon.

A collection of artifacts from Maryland's maritime past.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.