An exotic reptile facility showcasing some of the rarest, most venomous snakes in the world.

A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

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

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.

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

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

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

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

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

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

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

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

This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.