An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

This structure among the trees was the result of divine inspiration.

A museum dedicated to preserving, promoting, and advancing the art and craft of fine metalwork.

A 70-foot replica of the famed Eiffel Tower.

Sip mead from an East Nashville apiary while snacking on barbacoa tacos.

An ode to "The Queen of Appalachia."

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

This limestone outcropping was once a ceremonial site for ancient Native Americans.

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

An oversized metal construction of Billy Tripp's moods going through life.

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

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

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.

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

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

Visit this playground of waterfalls, caves and sinkholes.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

An enormous mural of a local Nashville resident adorns this abandoned silo.

Send your taste buds to South Asia at a sumptuous Southern dinner party.

Jack White's record store is the only place in the world that records live shows direct-to-acetate.

Feast on kebabs, dips, and house-made breads in the heart of Nashville’s Little Kurdistan.

House a green chile pork Crunchwrap swaddled in hot, fresh tortillas.

Sambusas get a Deep Southern twist at this Somali chai haven.