A historic dam made famous for its turbines and feature in a Hollywood classic.

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

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie The Fugitive can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

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

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

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

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

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

The wooden house where the jazz great learned to play the piano.

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

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.

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

Mystery surrounds a famous marshal of Napoleon's army.

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

Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were stars of the vaudeville circuit.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

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

Rock-hewn monastery complex with hundreds of cave structures tucked away into the mountainside.

The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.

You'll find just about anything in this funky Tbilisi flea market.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.