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

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

The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

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

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

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

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.

Traditional Appalachian dances such as the Georgia Rang Tang and the Shoo-Fly Swing are kept alive at this weekly event.

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

Extravagant mosque honors modern Islam.

The largest tea plantation in Southeast Asia supplies gorgeous vistas alongside tea for the surrounding countries.

Self-mutilation in the name of beauty.

The oldest museum in Borneo is a cornucopia of rare taxidermy and human skulls.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

Secret North Korean passage discovered below the world's most dangerous border.