Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.

A quirky collection of outsider art made from automobile parts.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

The art studio of an early 20th-century painter, hidden amid the Great Smoky Mountains.

This museum pays tribute to the Cherokee leader who created a written language for his people.

In one of America’s oldest mountain ranges, a long-awaited section of a scenic highway is now open to the public.

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

A wild trout fishery in Arkansas.

The Man In Black grew up in a large agrarian community established by the federal government in the Great Depression.

This historic bridge has weathered fires and floods and still stands, now abandoned, where it has stood since 1874.

This century-old roadside attraction is full of bizarre rock formations.

A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.

The final remnant of the Arkansas zinc industry is this historically protected ghost town.

Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

Final resting place of a pioneering scurvy researcher.

Marigolds, rosemary, Madonna lilies, and the Virgin’s Bower decorate this Massachusetts sacred garden.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.