A young state senator's deathbed plea to be buried inside a rock resulted in this unusual grave site.

The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.

This site in Caldwell County is the location where the Cherokee and Catawba are said to have entered a peace treaty.

A charming monument to a very special dog.

A royal relic from the time that gambling was accidentally made legal in South Carolina.

A nearly century-old amusement park is quietly decaying in a riverside forest in South Carolina.

Death comes to anyone who dares to touch this concrete column.

Built in 1785, this residence is the oldest stone house in Georgia.

Hidden in this little-known town stands a piece of agriculture history.

The South Carolina competition challenges you to trap as much grits on your body as possible.

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

This abandoned building with a murky history has been both a school and a prison.

This airfield is home to a number of retired vintage planes in various states of disrepair.

The world's largest vertical wind tunnel.

An exotic reptile facility showcasing some of the rarest, most venomous snakes in the world.

The only pachinko parlor in the United States.

This multi-story wooden waterpark offers homemade thrills.

A section of this cemetery is dedicated to the lives lost from years of exposure to contaminated water.

This hands-on museum houses roughly 80 vintage pinball machines and arcade games.

Inside this old train depot resides a multi-line model train covering western North Carolina.

This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.

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

An out-of-the-way wildlife haven with a rich and storied past of harboring thousands of fugitive slaves, or "Maroons" during the mid 1800s.