A home that witnessed Civil War combat on the Sunken Road has the battle scars to prove it.

The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.

Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "Dismalites" .

This university research project is the U.S. government's weed dealer.

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

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

This colonial mining complex is now home to magnificent themed gardens.

One of the few surviving original NASCAR dirt-track speedways.

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

In a pedestrian tunnel on North Carolina State’s campus resides an expressive and artistic free-for-all.

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

This sinkhole is disguised as a pond and named after the man who stumbled upon it.

A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.

A fantastic reconstruction of a 10th-century Viking longhouse.

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

Icelandic folklore says this giant boulder was ripped from the mountains and placed at its current location, where it became home to elves.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

This fairytale-like structure is the last turf church ever constructed in Iceland.

The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.

These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.