FDR hoped to find a cure for polio in this Georgia town's warm springs.

A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

From printing money to live music, this Beaux-Arts style building has had many identities over the last century.

A creative deviation in this post office's design was once a source of controversy.

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

Off of the Crawfordville Highway in Florida, nature is taking back this decrepit row of Ford trucks.

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

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

Pay homage to a mysterious feline artifact outside of this Florida museum.

Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.

A trove of tiny treasures hidden within a Florida park.

This divisive system of turtle tunnels was built to save animals stranded after a highway split a lake in half.

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.

Sweet Willy, at 30 feet tall, is the world's biggest beagle.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

It's big, it's a ball, and it's made of twine—the world's largest of its kind.

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.

The second-largest ceremonial mound in the United States is an artificial hill that is loosely shaped like a pentagon.

This protected reserve is home to a rare and beautiful species of flower.

This historic oak tree has been around for over 300 years and might last for 300 more so long as it doesn't fall apart first.

This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.