In 1912, a broken section of the reservoir wall released millions of gallons of water and destroyed many homes downhill.

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

An attack on a prominent Black attorney's house sparked a watershed moment in Nashville's civil rights movement.

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

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

The site of the one of the most deadly train wrecks in American history.

The small cave that housed Tennessee's "first citizen."

These early tent-shaped grave coverings are unique to Appalachia.

This former maximum-security prison is creepy, sobering, and supposedly haunted.

A failed utopian experiment for British expats in the American South is now a Victorian village frozen in time.

A roadside music shop featuring a confounding series of folk art installations.

Once a gas station, this flightless airplane beside the Old Dixie Highway now houses a barbershop.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie The Fugitive can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

A museum and doll store featuring a surreal and super sanitized version of where babies come from.

The remains of one of America's first radiation testing grounds still rest ominously in a Georgia forest.

A rapidly disappearing authentic bit of the old south.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

A museum dedicated to the legacy of Bob Moog and his pioneering synthesizers.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

This ancient art form was used to capture the lives and struggles of the Haywood Street ministry.

A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.

Founded in 1925, this folk school attracts students from across the country and preserves traditional Appalachian art.

The only zoo where you can buy animals that won't need feeding.

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