Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

One of the few surviving original NASCAR dirt-track speedways.

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

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

Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

One of the best places to see feral Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

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

This park contains one of the largest concentrations of cedar glades, a unique and rare ecosystem.

Over a dozen Native American earth mounds dating back over 2,000 years dot this Tennessee archaeological park.

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

Hiding behind a grocery store is a spectacular cavern carved as part of an old limestone quarry.

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

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

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

Walk the whole Mississippi River!