The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

Tucked away in the forests of North Florida resides a 19th-century lighthouse.

This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

This large cave is a summer home to thousands of bats and has a rich history dating back to prehistoric times.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

Crumbling ruins mark the site of a couple's grisly murder in the woods.

Incredible miniature towns and buildings created and decorated with thousands of tiny rocks.

The beauty of urban decay, hiding some dark secrets.

This wondrous hideaway is suspended in a bamboo forest above a sanctuary for rescued llamas and alpacas.

This "living building" on Georgia Tech's campus is home to a blueberry orchard, honeybees, and more than 900 solar panels.

A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

A psychedelic tribute to one of Georgia's most unique artistic visionaries, out of place and time in the heart of Atlanta.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

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

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

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