Visit a replica of the estate where Aaron Burr allegedly plotted a treasonous scheme against the United States.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

This mansion turned restaurant was once a pitstop for Al Capone during his travels.

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

The bad-ass ride of a soul legend, housed in one of the world's few soul museums.

An unknown Hall of Fame in Jackson, Tennessee.

A restored, one-room African-American schoolhouse in the diva's hometown now preserves the legacy of its most famous student.

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

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

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

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

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

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

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

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

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

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.