You can climb to the summit of Black Mountain, as long as you sign the waiver.

An enormous goose sits atop this nest-shaped home.

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.

The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Over 200 people were buried here with only a small stone to mark their final resting place.

Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

The story behind the mysterious symbol painted in front of the historic university's famous Rotunda.

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

Right next to departures—how convenient!

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

The ruins of the first Spanish settlement in Puerto Rico.

Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.

The highest point in Maryland is only accessible by hiking through another state.

This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

This beautiful stone arch bridge wasn't even expected to stand for one day, but people have been crossing it for centuries.

Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.