Lake Lure, North Carolina
Lake Lure
Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.
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Lake Lure, North Carolina
Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.
Supply, North Carolina
Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.
Brevard, North Carolina
This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.
Waxhaw, North Carolina
Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.
Charlotte, North Carolina
These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.
Bird Island, North Carolina
A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.
Greensboro, North Carolina
Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.
Chatsworth, Georgia
The mysterious 855-foot zigzagging stone wall has been baffling people for centuries.
Griffin, Georgia
Could this grave be the true resting place of legendary gunfighter "Doc" Holliday? Unclear.
Decatur, Georgia
An unusual art exhibition in a suburban yard is designed to awaken the souls of those flowing by.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.
Atlanta, Georgia
Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.
Littleton, North Carolina
Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.
Atlanta, Georgia
Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.
Charlotte, North Carolina
The ruins of a 19th-century mill are hidden along a greenway in a prominent Charlotte neighborhood.
Charlotte, North Carolina
This steam locomotive served as both an interesting static display and unique playground equipment since 1959.
Montgomery, Alabama
A bronze sculpture of a white dove commissioned by Pope Benedict XVI.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
A rusted metal giant pays tribute to Birmingham’s industrial past.
Starkville, Mississippi
Constructed from bricks salvaged from a former dormitory destroyed in a fire.
Flora, Mississippi
A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.
McLean, Virginia
The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
When local government began removing public benches, the public pushed back, and vibrant, community-built seating now outnumbers the official shelters at Chattanooga bus stops.
Memphis, Tennessee
A legendary music collector donated his entire collection to the entire city of Memphis.
Linden, Tennessee
A house built specifically to shelter the dead.