Carved faces add a touch of magic to this island's impressive oak trees.

This monument claims to display the first pot used to cook a famed Southern stew.

An impressive collection is dedicated to the legendary beast.

This museum dedicated to an oft-overlooked support industry features a surprisingly moving brass diorama of a man being saved from a sinking car.

The remains of one of America's first radiation testing grounds still rest ominously in a Georgia forest.

The only zoo where you can buy animals that won't need feeding.

They call this long foot bridge a swinging bridge, but really it's the bouncing you have to watch out for.

A wonderland of folk art including the World’s Largest Grit. 

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

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

This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.

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

A curious whirlpool formation supposedly capable of entangling or engulfing branches, tree trunks, or whole rafts full of hapless tourists.

A historic gristmill that still produces flour and grits the old-fashioned way.

Founded in 1925, this folk school attracts students from across the country and preserves traditional Appalachian art.

Where school buses go to die and be reborn as whimsical works of art.

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