Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

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

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

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

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie The Fugitive can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

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

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

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

The longest-serving U.S. Secretary of State and Nobel Peace Prize winner was born in this humble cabin.

This abandoned nuclear cooling tower casts a shadow over a bucolic town.

The pan man stands as a testament to the functionality of American cast iron cookware.

The site of the Scopes Trial contains a small exhibit dedicated to the famous case.

This stone incorrectly marks the 35th parallel, causing some territorial kerfuffles.

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

This mansion turned restaurant was once a pitstop for Al Capone during his travels.

This limestone outcropping was once a ceremonial site for ancient Native Americans.