Follow the path behind this treat-slinging camper van to a sculpture garden in the forest.

Wander through more than 20,000 square feet filled with an amazing collection of orchids.

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

This sinkhole is disguised as a pond and named after the man who stumbled upon it.

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

These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.

The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.

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

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

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

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.

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

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

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

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

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