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"I did this all while you were watching TV."

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

Dubbed the "smallest church in America," this tiny sanctuary was a local grocer's dream come true.

Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.

This historic oak tree has been around for over 300 years and might last for 300 more so long as it doesn't fall apart first.

A mysterious inscription may hold a clue about the "Lost Colony" of Roanoke.

The ruins of a cotton mill that was burned in the Civil War are still hidden in a Georgia forest.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

If astronomy had a ghost, it would look like this observatory.

The final resting place of the most famous sharpshooter.

The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.

This abandoned motel doesn't welcome guests anymore, but decay and a creepy atmosphere still call it home.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.