Founded in 1925, this folk school attracts students from across the country and preserves traditional Appalachian art.

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

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

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

This folk art compound was built by a fortune teller on the advice of three people from the future.

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

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

This former maximum-security prison is creepy, sobering, and supposedly haunted.

This airfield is home to a number of retired vintage planes in various states of disrepair.

Visit this playground of waterfalls, caves and sinkholes.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

A failed utopian experiment for British expats in the American South is now a Victorian village frozen in time.

Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.

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

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

World's largest college campus includes a wildlife sanctuary and a former movie set on more than 28,000 acres.

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.

This bar hosts an ever-evolving napkin art installation devoted to an American president.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.