This abandoned cemetery has a dark past of bodies buried over bodies.

The grave of the iconic Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot features a bust of the man behind the goatee.

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

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

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

The first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature came from the foothills of Appalachia.

The site of the one and only battle of Lord Dunmore's War.

Visit a replica of the estate where Aaron Burr allegedly plotted a treasonous scheme against the United States.

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.

Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.