A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

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

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

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

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

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

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

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.