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

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

A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.

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

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

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

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

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

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

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

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

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

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

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

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

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

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

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

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

An old world fairytale-land with over 350 fairy folk figurines hidden amongst 800 year old cedars.

This Italian dam is covered in salt-hungry goats who manage to scale its almost vertical face.

Spiral alpine structure provides an alternative experience of viewing the Matterhorn.