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The so-called "world's shortest river" is actually a window into a cave.

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

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

Visitors come from all over to bring gifts and tokens to the grave of Alice, who is thought to have died of a broken heart.

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

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

A nearly century-old amusement park is quietly decaying in a riverside forest in South Carolina.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

An idyllic mineral hot springs facility with a more-than checkered past.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

You can find America's highest suspension footbridge at Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.

According to local lore, this narrow passageway through two large rocks was accidentally created by the devil himself.

A curious whirlpool formation supposedly capable of entangling or engulfing branches, tree trunks, or whole rafts full of hapless tourists.

An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.

A mysterious inscription may hold a clue about the "Lost Colony" of Roanoke.

Inside this small brick bungalow is a collection of toys intended for the afterlife.

This ghost town houses the remains of Alabama's old state capital.

An Alabama courtroom where two famous American authors played as children became the setting for a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

A brick-lined alley full of public artwork tucked away in downtown Gulfport.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

A building that was once a general store, a speakeasy, and a newspaper office now holds a small gallery filled with New Orleans photography.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.