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

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

HFH's slum simulation is either a noble recreation of poverty or a cringeworthy attempt at same.

Granite outcropping that the state's tourism bureau doesn't promote because of its delicate ecosystem.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

Beneath the surface, something slithers. And if you find it, prepare to be slimed and glowing.

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

You can climb to the summit of Black Mountain, as long as you sign the waiver.

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

Legend has it the mill owner's daughter, Mary Musgrove, helped a Patriot soldier hide behind these falls.

The small cave that housed Tennessee's "first citizen."

This tiny 19th-century tunnel was built so a man could move his cows from one field to another.

A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.

Built in 1785, this residence is the oldest stone house in Georgia.

One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.

In Rickwood Caverns, visitors can travel hundreds of feet underground and see beautiful formations unique to the region.

Since it formed millions of years ago, this cave system has been a sacred burial ground, a Prohibition-era speakeasy, and the center of an amusement park.

This boulder stays on its mountain thanks to a huge chain and on the map due to local legend.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

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

Moonbows over Kentucky.

The wooden house where the jazz great learned to play the piano.