The world's longest known cave system.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

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

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

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

From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

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

This North Carolina grave is the final resting place of the world's most famous conjoined twins.

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

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.

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

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.