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

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

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

One devoted couple has donated multiple recreations of Michelangelo's sculptures to this South Dakota town.

More than 7,000 gallons of water pour over these cascading red quartzite waterfalls every second.

These cliff and rock formations are made out of Sioux Quartzite.

This Wild West attraction is alive with glitching automatons.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.

A roadside collection of over-sized iron creations that are a bit more macabre than most.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.