Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

The perfect place to take a family of giants for a beach vacation.

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

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

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

The world's largest set of the ten commandments lay nestled in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains.

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

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

The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.

This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.

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

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

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

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

A museum honoring Germany’s cucumber mecca offers a great dill of gherkin history.

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

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

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

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.