The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.

This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

In the hometown of the Grand Ole Opry star is a larger-than-life memorial statue made entirely from chicken wire.

The world's largest collection of porcelain "veilleuses-theiere," or night light teapots, includes four that belonged to Napoleon.

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

The R&B singer's modest church guarantees a religious experience, regardless of your beliefs.

This former maximum-security prison is creepy, sobering, and supposedly haunted.

This improbable contraption was passed down through five generations of industrious Tennesseans.

The pan man stands as a testament to the functionality of American cast iron cookware.

Dinosaurs invade a suburban Nashville neighborhood.

This large cave is a summer home to thousands of bats and has a rich history dating back to prehistoric times.

For decades these polar bears have roamed all around a Nashville neighborhood.

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

This abandoned nuclear cooling tower casts a shadow over a bucolic town.

While knives are the main feature in this store, visitors will also find dinosaur bones and meteorites.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.