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

These cabins mark the site where our 11th president was born (probably).

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 record holder for the world’s largest peach.

An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.

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

The author's beautiful and historic home is also a fully functioning goat farm.

The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

An ode to "The Queen of Appalachia."

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

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

Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.

A sign marks the plane crash that caused two nuclear bombs to fall in North Carolina.

The original location of Vollis Simpson’s Whirligigs.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.

According to the legend, this strikingly beautiful hill has miraculous healing powers.