This metal disk commemorates the birth of a historic American holiday.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

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

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.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

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

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

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

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

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

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

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

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

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

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

A delightful park featuring homemade scale replicas of dinosaurs, tucked away in the Tennessee mountains.