Amazing pre-Civil War ruins alongside a shallow, rocky river that hosts beautiful (but endangered) lilies.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

The world's largest set of the ten commandments lay nestled in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains.

The humble horn finally finds a place in the sun.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

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

Burial site more than 300 years old.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.

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

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

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

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.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

Rural churches in the middle of nowhere with religious frescoes by famous artist.

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

Formerly the most gerrymandered district in the U.S., it twisted and turned along racial borders.

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

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.