"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

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

The highest point in South Carolina was once owned by an energy company that neglected it but now the state is taking it back.

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

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

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

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."

The only Civil War battle in Washington D.C. took place near this highest natural point in the city.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

A small triangle of DC grass is the final resting place of one of Sonny and Cher's songs.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.