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

This stone statue inspired Thomas Wolfe’s 1929 novel 'Look Homeward, Angel.'

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

You can find America's highest suspension footbridge at Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.

A wildlife-filled oasis just off the coast of Myrtle Beach.

This town at the north edge of Myrtle Beach holds a wealth of Black history.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

A permanent outdoor art installation made up of more than 100 mushroom-shaped lights.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.

An art instillation for the sake of "raising vibrations."

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

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

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

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

A nearly century-old amusement park is quietly decaying in a riverside forest in South Carolina.

This steam locomotive served as both an interesting static display and unique playground equipment since 1959.

Rare videos and memorabilia await visitors inside this unique store.

A year-long seasonal produce clock highlighting a variety of fruits and vegetables from across the Piedmont region.

The country's oldest continually-operated mini golf course lies hidden in plain sight, eclipsed by one of D.C.'s most popular tourist attractions.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

Washington's top-secret Cold War-era doomsday communications tower is located in a small neighborhood park.