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

This historic sunny-yellow building has an unfortunate connection to the sinking of the Titanic.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

The time thousands of bags of chips washed ashore in the Outer Banks is memorialized in a local museum.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

Visitors come from all over to bring gifts and tokens to the grave of Alice, who is thought to have died of a broken heart.

The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

Traditional Appalachian dances such as the Georgia Rang Tang and the Shoo-Fly Swing are kept alive at this weekly event.

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

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

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

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

An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.

A historic blockhouse and trading post give a glimpse into the early colonial history of South Carolina.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

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

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.