A chessmaster's dream destination.

The world's longest known cave system.

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

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

This bleach-white graveyard overlooking the ocean is accessed through a tunnel.

The bat-covered home of one of the world's most popular brands of rum is located on a tropical Art Deco campus.

Puerto Rico's oldest rum producer started its 140-year-old business with "a little barrel."

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

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

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

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

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

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

Auburn's iconic eagle flight goes back to a 19th century eagle that dropped dead on the field after inspiring the football team to victory.

The largest cemetery in the American Southeast is a hidden gem near the heart of Atlanta.

This angular brutalist playground turns playtime into modern art time.

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

A psychedelic tribute to one of Georgia's most unique artistic visionaries, out of place and time in the heart of Atlanta.

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

Like Mars, but much closer.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."