Country fans may flock to Nashville's music scene, but this Appalachian town is where the genre was born.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

Rural churches in the middle of nowhere with religious frescoes by famous artist.

A Christian-themed amusement park and complex rocked by scandals.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

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

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

One of the oldest Black communities in western North Carolina and one of the largest Black Mennonite congregations in the country.

You can find America's highest suspension footbridge at Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

Largest display of Wesleyana anywhere in the world.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.

A giant concrete churn carries the legacy of American resilience, unity, and greed.

A water pumping station disguised as a residential home to assuage concerned neighbors now tricks most passersby.