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This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

Most historians agree that the so-called "Gentleman Pirate" wasn't much of either of those things.

Replica of an old Esso filling station, complete with Wayne gravity pump and outhouse.

The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.

Dental instruments from the illustrious history of American dentistry.

This museum gives tribute to the underappreciated "Down-South Submarine."

This small museum dedicated to the painful memory of segregation is essentially a time capsule.

A hobby born from insomnia has turned into a hangar full of objects that have been be-buttoned by the Button King.

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

First established in 1696, this settlement was abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

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

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

Once home to a thriving oil industry, this town now sits eerily abandoned.

The actor best known for slapstick comedy is memorialized in his home town.

This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.

In the mountains of West Virginia is this perfectly preserved Art Deco train station.

An abandoned coal mine reached by a steep hike.

Winding country roads in eastern West Virginia lead to an extraordinary place populated by fiberglass giants.

This abandoned train tunnel has been the subject of countless ghost stories for years.

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.