Trenton, Tennessee
Trenton Teapot Museum
The world's largest collection of porcelain "veilleuses-theiere," or night light teapots, includes four that belonged to Napoleon.
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Trenton, Tennessee
The world's largest collection of porcelain "veilleuses-theiere," or night light teapots, includes four that belonged to Napoleon.
Memphis, Tennessee
This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.
Pikeville, Tennessee
Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.
Montgomery, Alabama
Cadillac where country's first big star was found dead.
Faber, Virginia
Take an otherworldly journey in a school dedicated to out-of-body experiences.
Ansted, West Virginia
The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.
Cullowhee, North Carolina
Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.
Kernersville, North Carolina
Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.
Gaffney, South Carolina
The record holder for the world’s largest peach.
Thurmond, West Virginia
Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.
Sevierville, Tennessee
Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.
Alderson, West Virginia
This abandoned school has had many lives since the early 1900s, and all of them doomed.
Clayhole, Kentucky
Origin of the blue-skinned Fugates of eastern Kentucky.
Oak Hill, West Virginia
An abandoned 1920s school with a mysterious history.
Asheville, North Carolina
This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.
Rock, West Virginia
This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.
Collettsville, North Carolina
A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.
Erwin, Tennessee
Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.
Glendale Springs, North Carolina
Rural churches in the middle of nowhere with religious frescoes by famous artist.
Beech Mountain, North Carolina
A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.
Marion, Virginia
An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.