The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

This 19th-century building inadvertently preserved the handprints of its builders within its walls.

An ode to "The Queen of Appalachia."

This chestnut box will not be opened until the country music legend's 100th birthday in 2046.

While knives are the main feature in this store, visitors will also find dinosaur bones and meteorites.

A natural sandstone bridge hidden in the Sewanee forest.

Mass graves and Victorian monuments mark the history of Memphis in this 19th century cemetery.

An engraved boulder marks the spot where Patsy Cline's life ended in a plane crash.

This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.

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

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

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

This defunct, fortress-like prison has been the setting for several movies.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

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

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

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