When the Austin Dam failed it destroyed much of Austin...and then it failed again.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

The only boathouse Frank Lloyd Wright ever designed was also the only unbuilt structure in his famous Wasmuth Portfolio, until 2007.

This dramatic rail curve was once the target of a failed Nazi attack.

A monument park dedicated to the influential Beat Generation author and poet, Jack Kerouac.

The birth home of one of cinema's legendary actresses.

A tradition unlike any other, this marks the site of the annual Groundhog's Day tradition.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.

The small first-floor apartment where the author wrote her Pulitzer Prize-winning book 'Gone with the Wind.'

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.

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

Walk the whole Mississippi River!

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

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

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

This Tennessee museum is dedicated to a tragic railroad hero who inspired the famous ballad that bears his name.

Over a dozen Native American earth mounds dating back over 2,000 years dot this Tennessee archaeological park.

Eight rare Corvettes are swallowed up by a sinkhole in Kentucky's National Corvette Museum.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

An 18th-century Catholic church converted into an eccentric temple of music and bacchanalia.