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

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

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

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

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

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

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

Where America's first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

This mysterious twin turboprop Grumman G-159 covered in graffiti has spent a decade and a half abandoned.

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

The statues commemorate the legendary mass killing of escaped circus monkeys.

These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.

The remains of one of America's first radiation testing grounds still rest ominously in a Georgia forest.

The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.

One of the world's largest automobile junkyards is a unique landscape of metal and moss.

Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.

They call this long foot bridge a swinging bridge, but really it's the bouncing you have to watch out for.

The beauty of urban decay, hiding some dark secrets.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.