This Tennessee museum is dedicated to a tragic railroad hero who inspired the famous ballad that bears his name.

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

All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.

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

Walk the whole Mississippi River!

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.

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

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

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

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

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

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

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.

This natural wonderland is a unique chance to explore a Carolina bay, a mysterious geological formation of unknown origin.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

A rapidly disappearing authentic bit of the old south.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.