Bryson City, North Carolina
The Lost Town of Proctor
The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.
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Bryson City, North Carolina
The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.
Rock, West Virginia
This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.
Rosamond, California
Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.
Louisville, Kentucky
This railroad overpass is said to be home to a murderous goat-man whose very legend has led to very real deaths.
Versailles, Kentucky
This modern castle sat empty for decades before a fire inspired its builders to complete its luxury halls.
Moundsville, West Virginia
The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
These rows of World War II-era bunkers were the scene of some of the infamous Mothman sightings.
Weston, West Virginia
A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.
Sevierville, Tennessee
Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.
Sparta, Tennessee
Visit this playground of waterfalls, caves and sinkholes.
Knoxville, Tennessee
Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.
Erwin, Tennessee
Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
More than five miles of underground passageways.
Morristown, Tennessee
All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."
Adams, Tennessee
Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.
Radford, Virginia
Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.
Richmond, Virginia
A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.
Staunton, Virginia
A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.
Fairfax Station, Virginia
This Virginia railway overpass is said to be haunted by a serial killer in a rabbit costume.
Richmond, Virginia
This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.