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

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

An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.

The highest point in South Carolina was once owned by an energy company that neglected it but now the state is taking it back.

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

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

A rapidly disappearing authentic bit of the old south.

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

4,000 monkeys used for medical testing on an island off of South Carolina.

This museum gives tribute to the underappreciated "Down-South Submarine."

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.

Settled in 1696, abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

Granite outcropping that the state's tourism bureau doesn't promote because of its delicate ecosystem.

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

A hobby born from insomnia has turned into a hangar full of objects that have been be-buttoned by the Button King.

This silent sentry in the crypt below a large Gothic cathedral is often knee-deep in water.

Ripped apart by a bomb in 1993, the shell of Pablo Escobar's infamous vacation house still stands.

This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.

The world's largest secondhand book market is a haven for bibliophiles and bargain hunters.

Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.

Where better to stay the night than inside a trio of ancient Chinese deities representing "the good life."

Together they left this world, and together they shall remain for all eternity.

Amazing pre-Civil War ruins alongside a shallow, rocky river that hosts beautiful (but endangered) lilies.