The first documented commercial gold find in the United States.

A 30-foot-tall cement chair pays tribute to a historic design and a local industry.

Formerly the most gerrymandered district in the U.S., it twisted and turned along racial borders.

These cabins mark the site where our 11th president was born (probably).

One of the few surviving original NASCAR dirt-track speedways.

From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

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

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

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

The Lowcountry color with the power to stop evil from entering a home.

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

A lighthouse on this West Virginia lake started as a joke, then the forces of nature helped make it a reality.

The site of the one and only battle of Lord Dunmore's War.

These rows of World War II-era bunkers were the scene of some of the infamous Mothman sightings.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

An abandoned 1920s school with a mysterious history.