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One man has spent decades faithfully constructing this unique brick and cinderblock castle.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

The Zalud family experienced a number of tragedies in one decade, giving rise to rumors that the 19th century house is haunted.

The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.

This hidden fire lookout offers spectacular views of Sequoia National Park.

A 19th-century cabin built into a hollowed-out Sequoia tree.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

The same family lived in this Victorian house for nearly 100 years without altering the building.

The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.

Explore the odd assortment of items that have washed up on the beaches of Plum Island.

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.