The so-called "world's shortest river" is actually a window into a cave.

In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.

Built in just a little over a week this preserved bunker was created to protect our most attractive POTUS while he was on vacation.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

Taste the white whiskey that the United States' first president once distilled and enjoyed.

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

This pre-Revolutionary War grist mill ground corn and flour for soldiers in seven American wars.

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

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

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

The time thousands of bags of chips washed ashore in the Outer Banks is memorialized in a local museum.

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.

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

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

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

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