Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

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

A white oak with property rights.

After just one epic test blast, this literal loose cannon proved too explosive for combat.

Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

Where school buses go to die and be reborn as whimsical works of art.

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

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

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

This stone memorial pays tribute to a massive shipwreck which was sadly overshadowed by the death of John Wilkes Booth.

Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

Formerly the most gerrymandered district in the U.S., it twisted and turned along racial borders.

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.

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

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

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.

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

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

Largest display of Wesleyana anywhere in the world.