Birmingham, Alabama
Red Mountain Park
This 1,500-acre development hopes to be the Central Park of the South.
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Birmingham, Alabama
This 1,500-acre development hopes to be the Central Park of the South.
Jefferson City, Tennessee
Over 200 people were buried here with only a small stone to mark their final resting place.
Petros, Tennessee
This former maximum-security prison is creepy, sobering, and supposedly haunted.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Cleveland, South Carolina
According to local lore, this narrow passageway through two large rocks was accidentally created by the devil himself.
Calhoun, Georgia
Incredible miniature towns and buildings created and decorated with thousands of tiny rocks.
Rockmart, Georgia
An abandoned railroad tunnel forgotten by time awaits inquisitive hikers.
Fackler, Alabama
This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.
Seale, Alabama
A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.
Seale, Alabama
A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.
Lookout Mountain, Georgia
A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.
Walhalla, South Carolina
A historic blockhouse and trading post give a glimpse into the early colonial history of South Carolina.
Chatsworth, Georgia
The mysterious 855-foot zigzagging stone wall has been baffling people for centuries.
Milledgeville, Georgia
One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.
Summerville, Georgia
Crumbling ruins mark the site of a couple's grisly murder in the woods.
Atlanta, Georgia
Two Civil War-era cemeteries stuck between runways at the world's busiest airport.
Hapeville, Georgia
This hidden stone has absorbed decades of human anxiety.
Atlanta, Georgia
The legacies of two historic Black American institutions live on in this unassuming brick building.
Atlanta, Georgia
This stone is a marker of one millionaire's personal vendetta against gravity.
Edisto Island, South Carolina
This bare tree might not have leaves but it is constantly clothed in festive decorations left by mysterious local benefactors.
Olanta, South Carolina
This natural wonderland is a unique chance to explore a Carolina bay, a mysterious geological formation of unknown origin.
Brevard, North Carolina
This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.
Nags Head, North Carolina
This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.
Supply, North Carolina
Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.