Where America's first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

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

Over 200 people were buried here with only a small stone to mark their final resting place.

A delightful park featuring homemade scale replicas of dinosaurs, tucked away in the Tennessee mountains.

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

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

A key producer of charcoal iron in the early 1800s, the structure still stands today.

This Tennessee museum is dedicated to a tragic railroad hero who inspired the famous ballad that bears his name.

The site of the one of the most deadly train wrecks in American history.

The "Jade Museum" is full of thousands of intricately carved works of art made from various precious stones.

Mass graves and Victorian monuments mark the history of Memphis in this 19th century cemetery.

Over a dozen Native American earth mounds dating back over 2,000 years dot this Tennessee archaeological park.

All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.

The first full-scale tunnel built in America is short but scenic.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

Visit this playground of waterfalls, caves and sinkholes.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.