This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

These tree-filled acres are also filled with history, hiking and a celebration of Appalachian crafts.

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.

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

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

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

Visit the natural wonder inspired by an indigenous legend and the quaint town that bears its name.

One of the oldest Black communities in western North Carolina and one of the largest Black Mennonite congregations in the country.

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

More than a century after her death, Little Gracie Watson remains one of Savannah's most often-visited residents.

A 19th-century cemetery device to ensure that the prematurely buried would be "saved by the bell."

An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

The childhood home of the award-winning novelist and short story writer.

The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

A once-groundbreaking power plant turned into a hotel and mini-museum of archeological and geological wonders.

Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

The northernmost point in Denmark is a turbulent sandbar created by two clashing seas.