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Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

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

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

Gutted airplanes slowly decay in a Florida field.

In a time before lifeguards, this house was a sanctuary for the shipwrecked.

An aviation relic that made coast-to-coast travel possible.

Tucked away in the forests of North Florida resides a 19th-century lighthouse.

A unique collection of diving equipment spanning antiquity to the present day.

A replica of one of the more than 15,000 civilian lookout towers that lined the U.S. coast during World War II.

The 44,000-ton aircraft carrier was purposely sunk to create an artificial reef teeming with life.

This isolated airport in the middle of the Everglades sees more alligators than planes.

The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

This 140-year-old beacon off the Florida Keys marks the wreck of a Navy ship that once roamed the Caribbean hunting pirates.