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An elk herd in Cataloochee.

Maggie Valley, North Carolina

Smoky Mountain Elk Fest

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

A few easy turns.

Forneys Creek, North Carolina

Tail of the Dragon

This winding road of 318 curves is a must-visit for (careful) motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts.

Lake Lure

Lake Lure, North Carolina

Lake Lure

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

A church still stands in Portsmouth, NC.

Ocracoke, North Carolina

Portsmouth Village

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

The ruins of the Ritter Lumber Company's sawmill at Hazel Creek near Proctor.

Bryson City, North Carolina

The Lost Town of Proctor

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

Unto These Hills Cherokee Theatre

Cherokee, North Carolina

Unto These Hills Cherokee Theatre

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

Brevard White Squirrels

Brevard, North Carolina

Brevard White Squirrels

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.

The original Woolworth lunch counter is largely intact at the museum.

Greensboro, North Carolina

Site of the Woolworth Lunch Counter Sit-in

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

Breakfast Room hidden door.

Asheville, North Carolina

Biltmore Estate's Secret Passages

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

Sliding Rock

Pisgah Forest, North Carolina

Sliding Rock

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

Welcome to Muscle Beach, home of copper toned deltoids and more!

Los Angeles, California

Muscle Beach

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

The Museum of Tolerance is part of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, California.

Los Angeles, California

Museum of Tolerance

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

The former Cecil Hotel.

Los Angeles, California

Stay On Main Hotel

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

Rosenheim Mansion

Los Angeles, California

Rosenheim Mansion

This 'Murder House' grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

Venice of America Canals

Los Angeles, California

Venice of America Canals

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Watts Towers

Los Angeles, California

Watts Towers

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Tesla Coil

Los Angeles, California

Griffith Observatory’s Tesla Coil

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

The ice box cemetery.
Permanently Closed

Clayton, Georgia

Ice Box Cemetery

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

The Marshall House

Savannah, Georgia

The Marshall House

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

The Big Chicken

Marietta, Georgia

Big Chicken

This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.

Videodrome entrance.

Atlanta, Georgia

Videodrome

This old school, eccentric, and independent video rental store refuses to die.

Horton House 2007, the house was built in 1742

Jekyll Island, Georgia

Horton House

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.

Brasstown Bald Historical Marker

Blairsville, Georgia

Brasstown Bald

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

A battle for control of Atlanta's rail lines, the Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama features tracks to remind viewers what was at stake

Atlanta, Georgia

Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama

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

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