This Tennessee manse was built so opulent that the very utilities doomed it to fail.

The site where Confederate president Jefferson Davis was defeated has been marked with a bust... that leaves that part out.

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

This natural spring not only claims to heal the wounded but it has also been willed to God.

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.

Oldest and rarest examples of telecommunication in the world.

Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.

Visit this playground of waterfalls, caves and sinkholes.

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

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

A real (but thankfully not live) missile stands tall as a monument to the United States military in the small town of Cordele.

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

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

This structure among the trees was the result of divine inspiration.

A rapidly disappearing authentic bit of the old south.

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

What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

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

The remnants of sheer survival in Dublin's monastery district.

Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.

This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.