From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.

Mystery surrounds a famous marshal of Napoleon's army.

Burial site more than 300 years old.

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

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

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

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

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

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

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

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

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

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

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.

This grisly headstone doesn’t seem to be resting in peace.

‘Bush the old fire dog died of poison July 5th, 1869. RIP.’

A small token of gratitude from freezing cold journalists who were given a warm haven while covering JFK's inauguration.