A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

One of the best places to see feral Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

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

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

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

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

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

In the hometown of the Grand Ole Opry star is a larger-than-life memorial statue made entirely from chicken wire.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

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

An unknown Hall of Fame in Jackson, Tennessee.

Over a dozen Native American earth mounds dating back over 2,000 years dot this Tennessee archaeological park.

An oversized metal construction of Billy Tripp's moods going through life.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

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

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.

More than five miles of underground passageways.

Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.