Places goalkeep4ever Wants to Go

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

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

One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

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

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

This small West Virginia park is a land trust holdout against mountaintop removal mining.

This former fire tower found new life as a communications hub complete with a scenic overlook.

An abandoned coal mine reached by a steep hike.

The isolated final resting place for perished coal miners.

The remains of one of the last mining camps developed on the New River.

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

This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.

This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

Two insane asylum bodies embalmed by an amateur.