CMT Small Town Secrets

Mt. Airy, N.C. is representative of a Norman Rockwell America and is best known for being the inspiration for "The Andy Griffith Show;" however, it also is the place where five prisoners escaped from the local jail and went on a spree that inspired a local songwriter to pen "Surrey Country Jail Break" from a poem left behind in a stolen truck by one of the escapees. Next, it's on to Okeene, Okla. for the Annual Okeene Rattlesnake Roundup, an event that features a "Den of Death" pit where hundreds of writhing, hissing, poisonous, snakes can be found, and where the snake hunter with the biggest rattler wins bragging rights and respect from the locals – and possibly a trip to the hospital.

The private armies training in Hawthorne, NV; the Redneck Games of East Dublin, GA; the strong women known as the American Cowgirl Chicks in Weatherford, TX; the fighting tractors of the demolition derby in Lind, WA; andÂa graveyard for airplanes in Pima Co, AZ.

Travel the rails with the hobos who gather in Iowa. Celebrate the Appalachian music in Bristol, Tenn. Hunt down alligators in the Cajun country.

Real life stories from the most bizarre points in small town America, including a game called PIG that has residents of Pall Mall, Tenn. running hog wild; a dangerous hobby in Niland, Calif. that has scrappers scouring the desert collecting artillery; a Martian-like community in Hanksville, Utah; steel anvil launching in Laurel, Mississippi and criminals staring down wild horses for a chance at redemption in the Hutchinson, Kansas and Beaumont, Texas area.