Places Butterbean Wants to Go

The mounds on this coastal archaeological site reveal the history of the land’s first inhabitants.

A thriving Black community was destroyed by an angry white mob at this site in 1923.

This salad has two key ingredients: hearts of palm and green ice cream.

This dam is part of the nation’s largest public power producer and a historic steward of Hiwassee River.

Where you can experience the story of Appalachia, as told by Appalachians.

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

A historic dam made famous for its turbines and feature in a Hollywood classic.

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

Cherokee alphabet, proof of ancient North American Jews, or just a hoax?

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

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

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

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

The only free-standing, vertical sundial in the US was keeping standard time before it was even invented.

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