This 36-foot-tall bronze Lady Liberty holds a real flaming torch.

Large rocks have been painted to whimsically resemble wild and farm animals.

Come for the boats, stay to explore the intriguing assortment of art.

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

This popular park is home to a sea serpent sculpture that now overshadows the twisted history of its creation.

These early tent-shaped grave coverings are unique to Appalachia.

In one of America’s oldest mountain ranges, a long-awaited section of a scenic highway is now open to the public.

It may take some time to locate, but it's sure to warm even a heart of stone.

The small cave that housed Tennessee's "first citizen."

This defunct, fortress-like prison has been the setting for several movies.

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.

Dinosaurs invade a suburban Nashville neighborhood.

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

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

A failed utopian experiment for British expats in the American South is now a Victorian village frozen in time.

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

What better place to take a seat?

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

Every last book in this bookstore is signed by the author.

This architectural triumph is the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in Alabama.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

Fans of the spicy bright-red sauce can tour where it's made.