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

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

North America's oldest authentic African Village.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

4,000 monkeys used for medical testing on an island off of South Carolina.

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

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

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

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.

Amazing pre-Civil War ruins alongside a shallow, rocky river that hosts beautiful (but endangered) lilies.

A hobby born from insomnia has turned into a hangar full of objects that have been be-buttoned by the Button King.

Settled in 1696, abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

A restored, one-room African-American schoolhouse in the diva's hometown now preserves the legacy of its most famous student.

A reclusive Memphis neighborhood is home to decades worth of misunderstood Masonic folk art.

The first full-scale tunnel built in America is short but scenic.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

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

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.

A fiberglass jungle, deep in the wilds of the Cleveland suburbs.

An office built to look like a giant basket.

These beautiful wineries were at the center of Lake Erie's "grape belt" back when the Midwest dominated American wine production.

Small, privately owned island divided between Michigan and Ohio with abandoned vacation homes and a derelict lighthouse.