Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

This former fire tower is now a rustic observatory that offers amazing views of eagles, hawks, and the Appalachian Mountains.

A lighthouse on this West Virginia lake started as a joke, then the forces of nature helped make it a reality.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

This functioning mill was built in the 1970s using parts from several other West Virginia mills.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

This tower was once used to create ammunition for early settlers.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

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

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

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

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

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

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

While knives are the main feature in this store, visitors will also find dinosaur bones and meteorites.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

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

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

A 100-foot metal tower and swinging bridge that provides stunning views of mountains in five states.