In the hometown of the Grand Ole Opry star is a larger-than-life memorial statue made entirely from chicken wire.

This Tennessee museum is dedicated to a tragic railroad hero who inspired the famous ballad that bears his name.

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

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

The "Jade Museum" is full of thousands of intricately carved works of art made from various precious stones.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

Over a dozen Native American earth mounds dating back over 2,000 years dot this Tennessee archaeological park.

This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.

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

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

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

This award-winning men's bathroom was just too beautiful to not allow women to see.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.

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

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

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

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