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

Twenty-eight years after this local landmark was washed ashore by hurricane Hugo, it was washed away by hurricane Irma.

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

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

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

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

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

Beneath the mossy overgrowth covering this once-sprawling campus lies decades of history and the secrets that come with it.

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

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

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

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

A unusual sanctuary for abused and exotic animals in South Jersey.

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

The highest point in South Carolina was once owned by an energy company that neglected it but now the state is taking it back.

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