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

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

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

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

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

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

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

This "Plant Farm Museum" is home to the divinely inspired and visionary outsider artwork of Reverend Howard Finster.

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

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

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

The Magic House provides a beautiful and creative environment for curious youngsters to get their knowledge on.

The fastest mail service in the west is tracked and memorialized along this 1,400 mile trail.

The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.

The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

Undone by Prohibition, this abandoned brewery-turned-flour mill is now ready for its third act.