This quirky local sculpture is quite literally a fish out of water.

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

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

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

Hiding behind a grocery store is a spectacular cavern carved as part of an old limestone quarry.

Follow the steps, and this roadside artwork will teach you how to dance.

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

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

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

Victorian-era Egyptomania left its mark on this Nashville landmark.

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

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

Crumbling Kennedys and a decaying Tecumseh are just some of the haunting remains of one man's cement art trail.

A medieval, mosaic-lined baptistry built by a heretical Christian sect.

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

A Memphis park where you can walk the whole Mississippi River in one go.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

Visit this playground of waterfalls, caves and sinkholes.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

A wild trout fishery in Arkansas.

One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.

Twenty-year effort to raise a castle using tools and techniques from the 13th century is now abandoned in the Arkansas woods.

This historic bridge has weathered fires and floods and still stands, now abandoned, where it has stood since 1874.