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

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

Step past the gas pumps and into a fine French bistro.

3/4-scale model of the White House in Atlanta, Georgia.

The world's first time capsule lies behind a welded steel door in Atlanta.

This small cemetery is all that remains of Atlanta's first Black communities.

The largest Jewish museum in the southeastern U.S. houses a permanent Holocaust exhibit emphasizing the strength of its survivors.

Like Mars, but much closer.

The remains of one of America's first radiation testing grounds still rest ominously in a Georgia forest.

This intricate Hindu temple is the largest of its kind outside of India itself and was constructed like a giant puzzle.

One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.

The first free library in Georgia features an original Tiffany stained glass window of Mary Willis.

This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.

A mysterious inscription may hold a clue about the "Lost Colony" of Roanoke.

Where you can experience the story of Appalachia, as told by Appalachians.

An impressive collection is dedicated to the legendary beast.