This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

You can climb to the summit of Black Mountain, as long as you sign the waiver.

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.

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

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

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

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

A nourishing complex of found object art, paintings, and sculptures that celebrate key figures in Black history.

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

The highest point in South Carolina was once owned by an energy company that neglected it but now the state is taking it back.

A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.

According to local lore, this narrow passageway through two large rocks was accidentally created by the devil himself.

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

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.

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

Granite outcropping that the state's tourism bureau doesn't promote because of its delicate ecosystem.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

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

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