"You don't need a rocket scientist to build a steam engine, but we've got one." -Museum docent on the credentials of a restoration volunteer.

Hidden in a hotel parking lot is a strange historical plaque erected by an obscure fraternal society.

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

This church houses the “incorrupt” body of its founding Bishop.

Victorian-era Egyptomania left its mark on this Nashville landmark.

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

See just what life was like in a 19th-century prospecting town.

The beauty of urban decay, hiding some dark secrets.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

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

An old bank vault in Atlanta is now the eternal shrine to the King of Rock and Roll.

An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.

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

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

This structure among the trees was the result of divine inspiration.

All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.

The first full-scale tunnel built in America is short but scenic.

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

One Confederate statue that accurately reflects the ugliness of its subject.