The birthplace of Appalachia's only first lady, who some have dubbed the United States' "first female president."

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

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

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

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

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

A rapidly disappearing authentic bit of the old south.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

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

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

The oldest arboretum on the Dalmatian coast doubles as the gardens of Kings Landing in "Game of Thrones."

The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.

Now harmless, this looming post struck fear into the heart of medieval troublemakers.

An ancient knight and a symbol of the city's freedom.

When Croatia became independent of Yugoslavia, the splintering governments left behind these concrete tunnels.

Longest fortress system anywhere in Europe.

The complex has been abandoned since the Croatian War of Independence, barring a stint as a set for 'Game of Thrones.'