Calico Rock, Arkansas
Peppersauce Ghost Town
An abandoned early-20th-century boomtown sits within the Calico Rock city limits.
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Calico Rock, Arkansas
An abandoned early-20th-century boomtown sits within the Calico Rock city limits.
Marianna, Arkansas
One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Visit the art studio of an early 20th-century painter, hidden amid the Great Smoky Mountains.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
This hotel was used during the Manhattan Project to house official visitors.
Nashville, Tennessee
For decades these polar bears have roamed all around a Nashville neighborhood.
Memphis, Tennessee
Alongside this Memphis trail are several sculptures that show trail-goers how to relax.
Nashville, Tennessee
An attack on a prominent Black attorney's house sparked a watershed moment in Nashville's civil rights movement.
Nashville, Tennessee
This church houses the “incorrupt” body of its founding Bishop.
Jefferson City, Tennessee
Over 200 people were buried here with only a small stone to mark their final resting place.
Westmoreland, Tennessee
This tiny 19th-century tunnel was built so a man could move his cows from one field to another.
Clinton, Tennessee
A bronze sculpture honors the 12 black students who attended the first integrated public high school in the segregated South.
Trenton, Tennessee
The world's largest collection of porcelain "veilleuses-theiere," or night light teapots, includes four that belonged to Napoleon.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Follow the steps, and this roadside artwork will teach you how to dance.
Lebanon, Tennessee
This park contains one of the largest concentrations of cedar glades, a unique and rare ecosystem.
Memphis, Tennessee
The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.
Bluff City, Tennessee
A delightful park featuring homemade scale replicas of dinosaurs, tucked away in the Tennessee mountains.
Memphis, Tennessee
This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Nashville, Tennessee
At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.
Lookout Mountain, Tennessee
This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.
Memphis, Tennessee
Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.
Pikeville, Tennessee
Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.
Memphis, Tennessee
A Memphis park where you can walk the whole Mississippi River in one go.