This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

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

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

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

A strange history museum, with items accumulated by a pair of globe trotting spies.

What better place to take a seat?

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

This park offers a variety of sights and activities including trail rides and buffalo sightings.

One of the last Depression-era bandshells still standing was the site of Elvis Presley’s first live concert.

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

Walk the whole Mississippi River!

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

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

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

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

This museum is dedicated to a Hollywood icon.

Its original statue was deemed so ugly, locals called it “Scary Lucy.”

This natural wonder is disappearing at an alarming rate.

The last physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark trail is one of their autographs etched into this giant rock.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.