Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.

Where you can experience the story of Appalachia, as told by Appalachians.

Where school buses go to die and be reborn as whimsical works of art.

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

The wooden house where the jazz great learned to play the piano.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

The ruins of a cotton mill that was burned in the Civil War are still hidden in a Georgia forest.

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

This fountain was commissioned by a mother grieving over her son's passing.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

Joe Minter is only doing the work of God in his yard, he says.

An eerie site of reverence for those who have completed an epic journey.

A museum and doll store featuring a surreal and super sanitized version of where babies come from.

This lovely burial mound is actually a replica that was installed after archeologists excavated the original.

A wonderland of folk art including the World’s Largest Grit. 

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

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

A white oak with property rights.