The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

This North Carolina grave is the final resting place of the world's most famous conjoined twins.

A herd of plastic cows hangs out under this transmission tower in rural Georgia.

A museum dedicated to an incredible woman who founded a pioneering school for rural Black students.

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

An abandoned bait shop with a front lot filled with storage boxes.

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

Largest display of Wesleyana anywhere in the world.

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

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

This Asheville chair museum wants to revive a dying art.

A curious whirlpool formation supposedly capable of entangling or engulfing branches, tree trunks, or whole rafts full of hapless tourists.

An odd and heartwarming stone marker enshrines the moment a community saved a farmer's pig that fell in a well.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

North Carolina's only restored fort from the French and Indian War.

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

Formerly the most gerrymandered district in the U.S., it twisted and turned along racial borders.

Settled in 1696, abandoned after the Revolutionary War.