An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

The hide of Stonewall Jackson's equine sidekick is on display not far from where the ashes of his bones are buried.

One man's lifelong collection of 10,000 rare steins tells the story of beer drinking from 1350 to today.

The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.

The isolated final resting place for perished coal miners.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

This chicken coop pays homage to a classic architectural style made famous throughout the southern United States.

A delightful park featuring homemade scale replicas of dinosaurs, tucked away in the Tennessee mountains.

An eclectic store sells obscure vinyl recordings of Charles Manson and Jim Jones, along with many other oddities.

This Asheville chair museum wants to revive a dying art.

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

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

A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

Who said a biker bar is no place for a taxidermy squirrel collection?

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

Inside this old train depot resides a multi-line model train covering western North Carolina.

This ancient art form was used to capture the lives and struggles of the Haywood Street ministry.

A museum dedicated to the legacy of Bob Moog and his pioneering synthesizers.

Home of a 28-foot tall stalagmite known as the War Club.

Replica of an old Esso filling station, complete with Wayne gravity pump and outhouse.

A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.