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

Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

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

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

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

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

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

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie The Fugitive can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

This spot in St. Louis, marked with a simple sign, has seen more pro baseball than just about anywhere else in the world.

One of few surviving standpipe water towers in the U.S.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

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

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.