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

This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.

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

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

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

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

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

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

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

Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.

Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.

More than five miles of underground passageways.

Visit this playground of waterfalls, caves and sinkholes.

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.

Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

A former 19th-century tavern, famous for its peach brandy and honey concoction.

Beautiful waterfalls grace a canyon visibly torn by a violent tornado.

This boulder stays on its mountain thanks to a huge chain and on the map due to local legend.

You can climb to the summit of Black Mountain, as long as you sign the waiver.

This abandoned cemetery has a dark past of bodies buried over bodies.

This railroad overpass is said to be home to a murderous goat-man whose very legend has led to very real deaths.