Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

This university transit system is a 1970's vision of the future.

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

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie The Fugitive can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

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

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

This boulder stays on its mountain thanks to a huge chain and on the map due to local legend.

Herbert Hoover's "Brown House" rural presidential retreat was a PR disaster amid the start of the Great Depression.

Two insane asylum bodies embalmed by an amateur.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

This Virginia town has been famous for its fried chicken since the 19th century.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

A table rock formation that has been intriguing West Virginians for years.

Origin of the blue-skinned Fugates of eastern Kentucky.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.