An early life spent in this "Old Kentucky Home" inspired the writings of North Carolina's most famous novelist.

A cannonball from Union forces battling John Hunt Morgan made this church a permanent home.

This sprawling museum holds one man's giant collection of real tanks.

Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

Follow the path behind this treat-slinging camper van to a sculpture garden in the forest.

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

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

A "hospital" where people went to be quarantined, die, and be buried in the yard.

Hop on the train and tour an elaborate miniature town made completely of junk (including the train).

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.

The birthplace of Appalachia's only first lady, who some have dubbed the United States' "first female president."

The mysterious 855-foot zigzagging stone wall has been baffling people for centuries.

A colorful square marks the heart of the city's LGBTQ community.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

Four metal statues of massive animal penises stand outside the university's Animal Sciences building.

The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

North Central Florida's largest flea market and a weekend roadtripper's dream.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.