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

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

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

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

This small museum dedicated to the painful memory of segregation is essentially a time capsule.

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

The humble horn finally finds a place in the sun.

This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.

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

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

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

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

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

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

One of the best places to see feral Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

The hidden offices underneath Memorial Bridge have been locked up since 1976.

This poor little statue is the most vandalized memorial in Washington.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

Seemingly unremarkable items like empty sushi trays, chef hats, and freshness stickers are being preserved so future generations can look back on this beloved cultural import.

A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.

There's a crumbling old mansion inside the Smithsonian National Zoo.

Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.