Two dozen rescued bears roam (mostly) free at the largest bear ranch in the U.S.

This Native American cemetery features decades-old spirit house hidden behind pine trees and moss.

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

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

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.

An idyllic mineral hot springs facility with a more-than checkered past.

A museum celebrating rare American motorcycles where everything runs—and none of it quietly.

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

According to local lore, this narrow passageway through two large rocks was accidentally created by the devil himself.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.