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Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

This former maximum-security prison is creepy, sobering, and supposedly haunted.

This defunct, fortress-like prison has been the setting for several movies.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.

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

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

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

A real small-town gym became the unforgettable home court of the Hickory Huskers in “Hoosiers.”

Home to some of Indiana's last bison herds.

Both funky and traditional, it's the oldest of its kind in Indiana.

The farm where one of America's greatest leaders was raised is now a well-appointed landmark.

This bridge was constructed from the remains of the first Ferris wheel.

This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.

These five houses were built for the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair.