The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.

Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

Burial site more than 300 years old.

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.

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

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

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

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

A museum dedicated to the lovable crime couple Bonnie & Clyde, just a few miles away from the site of their early demise.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.