Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

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

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

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

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

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

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

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

Brain collection and database that narrows the gap between man and animal.

A labor of love built by local hang-gliding enthusiasts, this ideal launch spot was outlawed by the authorities and has since been largely abandoned.

This fort down the Potomac from Washington, D.C. was once the only defensive fort protecting the capital.

A haunting exhibit in a wildlife refuge center highlights threatened species and the conservation efforts needed to save them.

An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

A model home in the Medical Examiner's Office in which grisly death scenes are staged to train forensic investigators.

After hundreds of years of settlement, this once-bustling fishing village sunk into the Chesapeake Bay.

This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.

The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.

This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.

A hidden alley in urban Baltimore is a haven for graffiti artists.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.