Live long and prosper in Tennessee.

This museum dedicated to an oft-overlooked support industry features a surprisingly moving brass diorama of a man being saved from a sinking car.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

Follow the steps, and this roadside artwork will teach you how to dance.

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.

Berkeley Hot Springs presents to you "the only outdoor monument to presidential bathing."

A giant time capsule not scheduled to be cored until 2040.

A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.

This general store is more than a century old and home to various oddities and antiques.

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

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

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

This lovely burial mound is actually a replica that was installed after archeologists excavated the original.

A historic dam made famous for its turbines and feature in a Hollywood classic.

Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.

The world's largest set of the ten commandments lay nestled in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains.