Step past the gas pumps and into a fine French bistro.

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

Hidden amid a collection of trails is the site of a tragic crash.

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

A museum celebrating rare American motorcycles where everything runs—and none of it quietly.

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

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

Abandoned for 60 years, this submerged bridge was completely forgotten until the lake was drained.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

The last location where Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson played before their tragic deaths.

A stone marker memorializes the spot where the King broke up a street fight with a classic karate stance.

A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.

The Gaslamp District's oldest bar sports a urinal marked with a golden plaque that was allegedly used by Mick Jagger.

A monument to the King's final show, complete with a time capsule.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.

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

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

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

One man’s religious convictions led him to build this stone castle meant to withstand an apocalypse.

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