The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.

The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.

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

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

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

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

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

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?

These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.

The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.

A swamp that was the site of prehistoric water burials also managed to preserve its corpses for millennia.

A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.

The scuba diving training facility was named for the steam that rises from the cave's chimney.

Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.