Step into the courtroom to learn details of the only case in history where ghostly testimony led to a murderer's conviction.

The first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature came from the foothills of Appalachia.

This former fire tower is now a rustic observatory that offers amazing views of eagles, hawks, and the Appalachian Mountains.

Home of a 28-foot tall stalagmite known as the War Club.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

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

The time thousands of bags of chips washed ashore in the Outer Banks is memorialized in a local museum.

This historic sunny-yellow building has an unfortunate connection to the sinking of the Titanic.

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

This former POW camp was transformed into a Cold War missile installation.

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.