A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

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

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

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

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

A quiet, gothic haven nestled between Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill and Point Breeze neighborhoods.

Amazing pre-Civil War ruins alongside a shallow, rocky river that hosts beautiful (but endangered) lilies.

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

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

This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.

More than a century after her death, Little Gracie Watson remains one of Savannah's most often-visited residents.

The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.

Take a stroll through this centuries-old tunnel of enormous moss-hung evergreens, nestled among the grounds of America’s first public sculpture garden.

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

First established in 1696, this settlement was abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.