This unassuming home was once “grand central station” for the Underground Railroad.

The humble Hoosier roots of a famed Broadway composer.

This shop is named for a runaway elephant who smashed through its doors, stole some peanuts, and spent five days on the lam.

A historic hotel library in Indiana hides more than a few secrets on its shelves.

One man's vision and a labor of love of many.

This memorial to the Mercury Seven astronaut stands at the site of his former elementary school.

You can climb to the summit of Black Mountain, as long as you sign the waiver.

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

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

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

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

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

A Florida college boasts the world's largest single-site collection of structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

The collection of 80+ pieces created between the years 1100 and 1500 is intended to be seen, heard, smelled, touched, and tasted.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

It turns out that a hurricane-prone beach is probably not the best place to house wild animals.

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.