Bronze footprints mark the path where a civil rights leader tried to march in peaceful protest before being knocked unconscious.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

A secret, rocky playground hidden amongst the plain white beaches of the Florida coast.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

The site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s arrest as he attempted to have lunch.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

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

Visit the secret grave of a legendary privateer who faked his own death.

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

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

Between 1930 and 1946, a tobacco farmer laid his beloved horses and mules to rest in this small patch of pine forest.

This fallen red oak tree has been transformed into a piece of trailside art.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

In a pedestrian tunnel on North Carolina State’s campus resides an expressive and artistic free-for-all.

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

The humble gravesite of the man who failed to cash in on his Pepsi-cola goldmine.

A monument to the sheer amount of oddities one can collect over a lifetime.

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

This statue is dedicated to Grace Sherwood, the last person in Virginia to be convicted of being a witch.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

One of the best places to see feral Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.