Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

Once luxurious, these oceanfront beach homes have been left to succumb to the elements as the beach is slowly washed away.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

Founded in 1925, this folk school attracts students from across the country and preserves traditional Appalachian art.

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

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

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

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

One of the oldest Black communities in western North Carolina and one of the largest Black Mennonite congregations in the country.

Rotting dome home spotted near Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.