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

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

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

Cherokee alphabet, proof of ancient North American Jews, or just a hoax?

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

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

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

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

It may take some time to locate, but it's sure to warm even a heart of stone.

The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.

This award-winning men's bathroom was just too beautiful to not allow women to see.

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

Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.

John Hendrix predicted the creation of the "Secret City" built as part of the Manhattan Project.

This improbable contraption was passed down through five generations of industrious Tennesseans.

A bronze sculpture honors the 12 black students who attended the first integrated public high school in the segregated South.

This Tennessee manse was built so opulent that the very utilities doomed it to fail.

This stone memorial pays tribute to a massive shipwreck which was sadly overshadowed by the death of John Wilkes Booth.

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

Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.

This Portland Art gallery doubles as a studio that supports adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.