The birthplace of Appalachia's only first lady, who some have dubbed the United States' "first female president."

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

Carrying on the legacy of a short-lived experimental school tucked away in the mountains of North Carolina.

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

A museum dedicated to the legacy of Bob Moog and his pioneering synthesizers.

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

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

Moonbows over Kentucky.

This boulder stays on its mountain thanks to a huge chain and on the map due to local legend.

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

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

Hidden amid a collection of trails is the site of a tragic crash.

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

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

Crumbling Kennedys and a decaying Tecumseh are just some of the haunting remains of one man's cement art trail.

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