Cherokee alphabet, proof of ancient North American Jews, or just a hoax?

In one of America’s oldest mountain ranges, a long-awaited section of a scenic highway is now open to the public.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

An abandoned bait shop with a front lot filled with storage boxes.

Granite outcropping that the state's tourism bureau doesn't promote because of its delicate ecosystem.

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

Discovered by a soldier during the Revolutionary War, these springs helped create an iconic South Carolina ginger ale.

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

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

North Carolina's only restored fort from the French and Indian War.

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

This small exhibit explores the lives of Chang and Eng, the first known conjoined twins.

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

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

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

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

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

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

The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

An exotic reptile facility showcasing some of the rarest, most venomous snakes in the world.