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Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

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

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

On a clear afternoon, you can see mountain peaks more than 40 miles away from this clearing in the Pisgah National Forest.

The oldest church building in the state.

Marvel at 400-year-old trees in one of the last remaining old-growth Appalachian forests.

An elephant is carved onto the gravestone of a man who was crushed by one.

One of the last remaining pedestrian suspension bridges in North Carolina.

This lake—the second largest in the state— was hiding historic treasures beneath its surface.

Below this enormous headstone lie Billy and Benny McCrary, better known as the "McGuire Twins."

Sculptor Vadim Bora's bronze felines pay playful homage to architectural features no longer extant along Asheville's Wall Street.

The upstairs museum delves into the Lawson family murder, whose eight victims were embalmed at this store in 1929.

Between 1930 and 1946, a tobacco farmer laid his beloved horses and mules to rest in this small patch of pine forest.

A year-long seasonal produce clock highlighting a variety of fruits and vegetables from across the Piedmont region.

A ghost town that was wiped out by a flood in 1940.

This sinkhole is disguised as a pond and named after the man who stumbled upon it.

A permanent outdoor art installation made up of more than 100 mushroom-shaped lights.

An eclectic store sells obscure vinyl recordings of Charles Manson and Jim Jones, along with many other oddities.

The humble gravesite of the man who failed to cash in on his Pepsi-cola goldmine.

This historic church houses the grave of a Scottish soldier who fought in the Battle of Waterloo.

This museum explores the lives of Chang and Eng, the "Original Siamese Twins."

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

Carrying on the legacy of a short-lived experimental school tucked away in the mountains of North Carolina.

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