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

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

The world's largest set of the ten commandments lay nestled in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains.

The Battle of Atlanta in 360 degrees, featuring a corpse that bears a striking resemblance to Clark Gable.

The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

Follow the steps, and this roadside artwork will teach you how to dance.

The site of the Scopes Trial contains a small exhibit dedicated to the famous case.

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

The remains of one of America's first radiation testing grounds still rest ominously in a Georgia forest.

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

A small, forgotten prison cemetery marked only by a wrought-iron fence and eerie depressions left in the ground.

The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.

This fort down the Potomac from Washington, D.C. was once the only defensive fort protecting the capital.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

A museum in the heart of Virginia peanut country devoted to the humble goober.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

For nearly a year, General Ulysses S. Grant was based here during the American Civil War.