This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

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.

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

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

A delightful park featuring homemade scale replicas of dinosaurs, tucked away in the Tennessee mountains.

The first full-scale tunnel built in America is short but scenic.

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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

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

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.

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

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.

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

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

An exquisite grouping of structures made from 10 tons of invasive saplings.

Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.

Roadside Americana, fairy tale characters, and Austin quirkiness come together at this magical course in the heart of Texas' capital city.

This massive oak tree has ties to the first native tribes of the region and the founders of Texas.

This stone windmill marks an old, mysterious homestead in what is now central Austin.

A free, canine-friendly alternative watering hole near the more famous Barton Springs.