Gordonsville, Virginia
Gordonsville Fried Chicken Festival
This Virginia town has been famous for its fried chicken since the 19th century.
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Gordonsville, Virginia
This Virginia town has been famous for its fried chicken since the 19th century.
Norfolk, Virginia
This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.
Washington, D.C.
The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.
Boston, Massachusetts
One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.
Lexington, Virginia
The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.
Pamplin, Virginia
One man's lifelong collection of 10,000 rare steins tells the story of beer drinking from 1350 to today.
Center, Colorado
One woman's UFO-themed campground, complete with self-built energy vortexes, UFO-themed weddings, and magic bushes.
Memphis, Tennessee
Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.
Memphis, Tennessee
This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.
Knoxville, Tennessee
Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.
Sweetwater, Tennessee
Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.
Morristown, Tennessee
All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."
Adams, Tennessee
Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.
Greensboro, North Carolina
Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.
Collettsville, North Carolina
A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.
Kernersville, North Carolina
Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.
Asheville, North Carolina
This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.
Claremont, North Carolina
A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.
Pisgah Forest, North Carolina
Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?
Bear Creek, North Carolina
A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.
Green Bank, West Virginia
The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.
Chester, West Virginia
First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.