After just one epic test blast, this literal loose cannon proved too explosive for combat.

A white oak with property rights.

This abandoned nuclear cooling tower casts a shadow over a bucolic town.

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

The bad-ass ride of a soul legend, housed in one of the world's few soul museums.

One of the last Depression-era bandshells still standing was the site of Elvis Presley’s first live concert.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

A historic gristmill that still produces flour and grits the old-fashioned way.

A fascinating aviation museum where you can chat with the veterans who once flew the aircraft on display.

Believed to be the oldest active college baseball field in America.

A museum and doll store featuring a surreal and super sanitized version of where babies come from.

Though Johnson is not actually buried here, an Atlanta-based band sponsored a headstone for him.

A humid oasis combines recreation with exploration in a unique underwater cavern.

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

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

According to local lore, this narrow passageway through two large rocks was accidentally created by the devil himself.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

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

This stone memorial pays tribute to a massive shipwreck which was sadly overshadowed by the death of John Wilkes Booth.

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

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

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

Cherokee alphabet, proof of ancient North American Jews, or just a hoax?

The art studio of an early 20th-century painter, hidden amid the Great Smoky Mountains.