The author's beautiful and historic home is also a fully functioning goat farm.

This historic church houses the grave of a Scottish soldier who fought in the Battle of Waterloo.

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

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

Replica of an old Esso filling station, complete with Wayne gravity pump and outhouse.

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

This centuries-old graveyard is the final resting place of the Fort Fisher Hermit.

Legend has it the mill owner's daughter, Mary Musgrove, helped a Patriot soldier hide behind these falls.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

For more than 150 years, this cemetery has served as the final resting place for many members of Wilmington's Black community.

This handcrafted, old western-style town is filled with deserted cars, retired movie props, and other forms of Americana.

An old train trestle re-imagined as an Egyptian obelisk.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

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

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

A sign marks the plane crash that caused two nuclear bombs to fall in North Carolina.

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

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

These cabins mark the site where our 11th president was born (probably).

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

From golden eagles to peregrine falcons, this rehabilitation and education center is a haven for birds of prey.

Follow the path behind this treat-slinging camper van to a sculpture garden in the forest.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.