This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

The Battle of Atlanta in 360 degrees, featuring a corpse that bears a striking resemblance to Clark Gable.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

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

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

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

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

They call this long foot bridge a swinging bridge, but really it's the bouncing you have to watch out for.

Largest display of Wesleyana anywhere in the world.

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

The remains of one of America's first radiation testing grounds still rest ominously in a Georgia forest.

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

This lovely burial mound is actually a replica that was installed after archeologists excavated the original.

An abandoned bait shop with a front lot filled with storage boxes.

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.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

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