A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.

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

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

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

The fine fabric handwoven at Biltmore Industries was once coveted around the world.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

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 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?

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

The world's largest set of the ten commandments lay nestled in the heart of the 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.

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.

In one of America’s oldest mountain ranges, a long-awaited section of a scenic highway is now open to the public.

This ancient art form was used to capture the lives and struggles of the Haywood Street ministry.

A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.