This liminal destination combines creaky carnival rides, a classic car museum, and luck-of-the-draw flea market finds surrounded by dust and drive-in movie screens.

Opened in 1976, this monster-sized version of the fast-food franchise is sometimes called the Epic McD.

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.

This stone memorial pays tribute to a massive shipwreck which was sadly overshadowed by the death of John Wilkes Booth.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

Stroll around the headstones of notable figures from Knoxville's history, as well as towering monoliths and melancholic headstones.

This World's Fair showpiece was built in Chicago, but shipped to Maine.

This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.

The most photographed house in Maine looks good enough to eat.

New England's tallest light house stands on an island with a history of cannibalism and death.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.

This Art Deco theater is the last remaining opera house in the “little Broadway of the North.”

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

Trinkets and toys lovingly handmade by maximum security prisoners.

This 19th century granite fortification is one of the most well preserved forts in New England.

The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.

An unsolved murder victim's grave which may or may not contain her body.

Stone monument honoring a town founder has a witch-boot shaped stain and a curse to go with it.

One of the country's best automotive museums and home to one of the first motor vehicles.

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.