The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

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 defunct, fortress-like prison has been the setting for several movies.

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

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

Twenty-eight years after this local landmark was washed ashore by hurricane Hugo, it was washed away by hurricane Irma.

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

According to local lore, this narrow passageway through two large rocks was accidentally created by the devil himself.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

Oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

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

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

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

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

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

Known as the "Cross At The Crossroads," this massive metal cross is just short enough to avoid the FAA.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.