Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.

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

Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.

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

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

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

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

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

Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

The remnants of the fortress that saved Georgia from the Spanish still stand guard on their swampy island.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

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

Public works and national defense project meant to carve a canal all the way across the state of Florida.

Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.

Despite being made of a seashell mortar, the crumbling remains of this historic Florida mill are still standing.

The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.