Places arianalbear Wants to Go

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

This handcrafted, old western-style town is filled with deserted cars, retired movie props, and other forms of Americana.

This winding road of 318 curves is a must-visit for (careful) motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts.

Rural churches in the middle of nowhere with religious frescoes by famous artist.

Follow the path behind this treat-slinging camper van to a sculpture garden in the forest.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

A monument to the sheer amount of oddities one can collect over a lifetime.

Mystery surrounds a famous marshal of Napoleon's army.

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

Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were stars of the vaudeville circuit.

Traditional Appalachian dances such as the Georgia Rang Tang and the Shoo-Fly Swing are kept alive at this weekly event.

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.

Burial site more than 300 years old.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

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

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

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

A circle of giant painted vases in the former pottery capital of the United States.

A favorite of Amelia Earhart, ranking among those rare bridges that can be crossed without changing sides of the river.

One of the last few period-correct, hand-operated canal locks in the country.

The childhood home of one of Ohio's favorite sons, pilot and war hero Eddie Rickenbacker.