A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

This historic church houses the grave of a Scottish soldier who fought in the Battle of Waterloo.

Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.

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

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

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

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

Amazing pre-Civil War ruins alongside a shallow, rocky river that hosts beautiful (but endangered) lilies.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

One of the oldest Black communities in western North Carolina and one of the largest Black Mennonite congregations in the country.

This North Carolina grave is the final resting place of the world's most famous conjoined twins.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.

The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.

The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.

Mystery surrounds a famous marshal of Napoleon's army.