An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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

A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.

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

The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

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

The perfect place to take a family of giants for a beach vacation.

The fine fabric handwoven at Biltmore Industries was once coveted around the world.

The world's largest vertical wind tunnel.

Traditional Appalachian dances such as the Georgia Rang Tang and the Shoo-Fly Swing are kept alive at this weekly event.

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

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

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

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.