One of the best places to see feral Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.

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

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

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 bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

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

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

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.

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

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

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