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

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

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

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.

The FBI's urban training course may have the highest fake crime rate in the world.

Located at the former Lorton Prison the Lucy Burns Museum tells the story of the 91 year history of the prison including the dark chapter of its involvement in the women's suffrage movement.

Hear, smell, see, taste, and touch history at this immersive Civil War hospital.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

Hop on the train and tour an elaborate miniature town made completely of junk (including the train).

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

A "hospital" where people went to be quarantined, die, and be buried in the yard.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

A quintet of history museums make this Virginia graveyard as much a resting place for funereal history as it is for people.

The home of pigs, snakes, chameleons, and the alleged largest bunny in the United States.

Take an otherworldly journey in a school dedicated to out-of-body experiences.

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

An original apothecary from 1792.

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

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.