A building so large that it has its own weather.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

The first integrated firehouse in Atlanta houses a museum on the history of desegregation in the city's fire department.

A museum celebrating rare American motorcycles where everything runs—and none of it quietly.

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

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

Moonbows over Kentucky.

A city park that sits on top of a freeway.

Controversially claiming the title of world's biggest bass drum, UT's Big Bertha was once made radioactive by the Manhattan Project.

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Feast on Caribbean classics from curry goat to black cake.

Fuel your honky-tonking with this venue's unbeatable “Recession Special.”

Before TV meteorologists, there were weather kiosks. This may be the last one in the United States.

The world's largest version of this iconic puzzle cube is located in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Flaunt your karaoke chops at this pitch-perfect dive bar.

An ode to "The Queen of Appalachia."

Located inside a former bread factory, this museum explores a century of transportation history through innovations that were extraordinary or failures—sometimes both.

This museum dedicated to an oft-overlooked support industry features a surprisingly moving brass diorama of a man being saved from a sinking car.

This museum pays tribute to the Cherokee leader who created a written language for his people.

This popular park is home to a sea serpent sculpture that now overshadows the twisted history of its creation.

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

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