An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.

The only subterranean ping pong table in Atlanta.

A vision of beautiful Hindu architecture in the middle of the American South.

This small cemetery is all that remains of Atlanta's first Black communities.

The statues commemorate the legendary mass killing of escaped circus monkeys.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

Don't be surprised if you see a long-necked dinosaur peeking out from among the trees in Northgate Park.

A young state senator's deathbed plea to be buried inside a rock resulted in this unusual grave site.

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

This handcrafted, old western-style town is filled with deserted cars, retired movie props, and other forms of Americana.

The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.

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

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

This church houses the “incorrupt” body of its founding Bishop.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

On Hilton Head Island this bronze King of the Sea rules all things briny—and lets you know if you’re late for lunch.

The humble horn finally finds a place in the sun.

Hundreds of skulls and bones at the largest skeleton museum in the country.

North Carolina's only restored fort from the French and Indian War.

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

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

It turns out that a hurricane-prone beach is probably not the best place to house wild animals.

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.