The art studio of an early 20th-century painter, hidden amid the Great Smoky Mountains.

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

These ruins are all that's left of the former Alabama State Capitol.

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

The fading, forgotten remains of a once bright and booming factory.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.

This 19th-century sugarcane plantation is one of the most well-preserved estates of its kind, including its original quarters for enslaved laborers.

The first plantation museum in the United States to focus on the lives of enslaved people.

This museum chronicles the history of a leprosy quarantine hospital that then became a refuge.

A swamp and garden tour featuring local wildlife and exotic botanical specimens from around the world.

The only cave in Louisiana has played host to a state's-worth of clandestine activities.

A reimagined 19th-century Acadian village featuring authentic Cajun-style homes filled with artifacts specific to the period.

The Man In Black grew up in a large agrarian community established by the federal government in the Great Depression.

Despite what scientists think, the town still says this is an extraterrestrial rock.

Ernest Hemingway wrote a good portion of "A Farewell to Arms" while living with the parents of his second wife, Pauline Pfeiffer.

This small Arkansas town once had a close encounter with the Beatles, and are determined never to let anyone forget that. Ever.

Together they left this world, and together they shall remain for all eternity.

This mill has survived a tumultuous past to still produce flour and cornmeal.

Twenty-year effort to raise a castle using tools and techniques from the 13th century is now abandoned in the Arkansas woods.

The obelisk meant to mark the founding father's grave at Monticello is actually on the University of Missouri campus.

This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.

The largest riverfront opening cave in the Ozarks.

A gem in the small Missouri town where Winston Churchill coined the term "Iron Curtain" and effectively began the Cold War.